Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tahu(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-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tahu(ʔ)/

Verb

*tahu(ʔ)

  1. to know
  2. be able to

Descendants

  • Iban: tau (“to be able”)
  • Kendayan: tahu
  • Malayan:
  • Urak Lawoi’: ตาฮู (tahu)
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