Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ənəm

This Proto-Malayic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayic

**Proto-Malayic cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *ənəm

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

*ənəm

six

Descendants

Banjarese: anam
Kendayan: anam
Ibanic
- Iban: enam, nam
- Keninjal: enam
- Mualang: enam
- Seberuang: enam
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: enam
  - Indonesian: enam
- Brunei Malay: anam
- Kedah Malay: enam, nam
- Central Malay: enam
- Minangkabau: anam
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: onam
- Pattani Malay: แน (nɛ)
Urak Lawoi': นัม (nam)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa