Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kulit

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kulit/

Noun

*kulit

skin (outer covering of the body of a person)

Descendants

Philippinic
- Tiruray: kulit
Land Dayak:
- Bau Bidayuh: kurit
Proto-North Sarawak: *kulit
- Bakung: kulit
- Central Melanau: kulit
- Sebop: kulit
Barito:
- West Coast Bajau: kulit
Malayo-Chamic:
- Proto-Malayic: *kulit (see there for further descendants)
- Acehnese: kulét
Sundanese: kulit
Old Javanese: kulit
- Javanese: ꦏꦸꦭꦶꦠ꧀ (kulit)
Celebic:
- Lindu: kuli
- Wolio: kuli
Sumba-Flores:
- Laboya: kalita
- Oceanic:
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
    - Fijian: kuli
  - Polynesian:
    - Hawaiian: ʻili
    - Maori: kiri
    - Rapa Nui: kiri
    - Tahitian: ʻiri