Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanək

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 *tanək, from Proto-Austronesian *taNək (to cook anything but rice).

Verb

*tanək

  1. to cook rice

Descendants

  • Banjarese: tanak
  • Ibanic
    • Iban: tanak (to fry in oil)
  • Nuclear Malayic

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