Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/timuʀ

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 *timuʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /timuʀ/

Noun

*timuʀ

  1. southeast monsoon

Descendants

  • Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Buru (Indonesia): timu
      • Fordata: timur
      • Yamdena: timur
    • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
        • Buli (Indonesia): simi
      • Proto-Oceanic: *timuʀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Greater Barito:
    • North Bornean:
      • Southwest Sabahan:
    • Proto-Philippine: *timuʀ
      • Batanic:
      • Greater Central Philippine:
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands: