Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/ikət

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 *hikət, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikət (“tie, bind, attach to by tying”).

Verb

*ikət

to tie up; to fasten

Descendants

Banjarese: ikat
Kendayan: ikat
Ibanic
- Iban: ikat
- Keninjal: ikat
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: ikat
  - Indonesian: ikat
  - → Tok Pisin: ika
- Brunei Malay: ikat
- Central Malay: ikat
- Minangkabau: ikek
- Pattani Malay: อีกะ (ikaʔ)
Urak Lawoi': อีกัยจ (ikac)

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
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa