Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/kaki

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 This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *kakay. Compare Proto-Chamic *kakay (“foot”).

According to Thurgood (1999), perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaqay with unexpected *q > *k sound change. The expected reflex of PMP *q is *h, not *k.

Noun

*kaki

  1. leg; foot

Descendants

References

  • Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
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