Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/susu(ʔ)

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *susu, from Proto-Austronesian *susu (“breast”).

Pronounciation

IPA^(key): /susu(ʔ)/

Noun

*susu(ʔ)

breast (female organ)

Descendents

Banjarese: susu
Kendayan: susuʔ
Ibanic
- Iban: tusu
- Mualang: susu
- Seberuang: susow
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: susu
  - Indonesian: susu
  - → Petjo: soesoe
  - → Tok Pisin: susu
- Brunei Malay: susu
- Central Malay: susu
- Minangkabau: susu
- Pattani Malay: ซูซู (susu)

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