Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/səŋkar

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

Noun

*səŋkar

transverse beams that support the roof of a house
thwart or ribs of a boat

Descendants

Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Toba Batak: songkar
Malayic
- Iban: sengkar
- Malay: sengkar
  - Indonesian: sengkar
Proto-Oceanic: *sokar
- Central Pacific
  - Western Fijian: soka
  - Fijian: soka
  - Proto-Polynesian: *hoka
    - Tongan: hoka
    - Samoan: so'a
    - Rarotongan: oka
    - Maori: oka

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *seŋkar.