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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.
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Proto-Malayic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
*air
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Descendants
- Ibanic
- Nuclear Malayic
- Banjarese: air
- Brunei Malay: aing
- Central Malay: aiak
- Kendayan: ai
- Kedah Malay: ayaq
- Malay: air
- Ambonese Malay: aer
- Indonesian: air
- Minangkabau: aia
- Musi: ayo
- Urak Lawoi': อาเย (ayë)
- Pattani Malay: اٴير (air)
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) “*wahiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI