Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tanəm

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

Often compared within Austro-Tai to Proto-Tai *t.namᴬ (“to transplant (a crop)”) (whence Thai ดำ (dam, “to plant, transplant”)).

Verb

*tanəm

  1. to plant

Descendants

  • Central Philippine
    • Visayan
      • Tausug: tanum
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *tanam (see there for further descendants)
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