Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hutan

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hutan/

Noun

*hutan

  1. forest (dense collection of trees)

Descendants

  • Banjarese: hutan
  • Kendayan: utatn
  • Ibanic
  • Nuclear Malayic
  • Urak Lawoi': ฮูตัด (hutat)

Further reading

  • 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) “*quCaN”, 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
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