Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/lipəs
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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-Polynesian *ipəs, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipəs.
Smith (2017) posits that the *qali- prefix appears to be fused on the root, resulting in *ipəs > *lipəs.
Noun
*lipəs
Descendants
References
- Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa