Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/waʀi

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

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waʀi/, /wari/

Noun

*waʀi

day
sun

Verb

*waʀi

to dry (in the sun)

Descendants

Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Proto-Batak: *wari (“day”)
  - Northern Batak
    - Alas-Kluet Batak: waRi
    - Karo Batak: wari
    - Dairi Batak: wari, ari
  - Southern Batak
    - Simalungun Batak: ari
    - Toba Batak: ari
    - Angkola Batak: ari
    - Mandailing Batak: ari
Rejang: bilai, bilêi (“day; daytime”)
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Proto-Chamic: *hurɛy (“day”)
  - Acehnese: uroë
  - Coastal Chamic
    - Cham
      - Eastern Cham: harei / ꨨꨣꨬ
      - Western Cham: hray / حغاٛي
    - Haroi: hơrɨi
  - Highlands Chamic
    - Chru–Northern Chamic
      - Chru: hơrơi
      - Northern Chamic
        Northern Roglai: hurơi
        Tsat: zai³³
    - Jarai–Rhade
      - Jarai: hrơi
      - Rade: hruê
      - Bih: urei
- Proto-Malayic: *ari (“day”)
  - Banjarese: hari
  - West Bornean Malayic
    - Ibanic
      - Iban: hari, ari
      - Keninjal: aɣi
      - Mualang: aɣi
      - Seberuang: aɣey
    - Western Malayic Dayak
      - Kendayan: ari
  - Nuclear Malayic
    - Malay: hari
      - Indonesian: hari
      - → Javanese: ꦲꦫꦶ (ari)
    - Brunei Malay: hari
    - Central Malay: aghi
    - Minangkabau: ari
    - Pattani Malay: ฮารฺี (haṛi)
  - Urak Lawoi': อารี (ari)
- Madurese: bâri' (“yesterday”)
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ᬯᬳᬶ (wai, “day”)
Old Javanese: wai, way, we (“sun; day”)
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Rembong: wari (“dry in the sun”)
  - Ngadha: vari (“dry in the sun”)
- Timoric
  - Tetum: bai (“day”)
- Selaru: wai (“put or hang something in the sun”)
- Kei–Tanimbar
  - Yamdena: wari (“lay, put, or hang something in the sun”)
  - Fordata: warik (“lay, put, or hang something in the sun”)
  - Kei: warik (“dry in the sun”)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*waRi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI