Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan/wair

This Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan entry contains reconstructed words 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-Sumbawan

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waiʀ/

Noun

*wair

water (clear liquid H₂O)

Descendants

Malayo-Chamic: *air
- Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
  - Balinese: yeh
  - Sasak-Sumbawa
    - Sasak: aiq
    - Sumbawa: ai
- Chamic
  - Coastal Chamic
    - Cham
      - Eastern Cham: ya / ꨢ
  - Highlands Chamic
    - Jarai: ia
- Malayic: *air
  - Malayan
    - Kedah Malay: ayaq
    - Malay: air / اءير‎
      - Indonesian: air
Sundanese: cai

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *wair

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