Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tanah

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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 *tanəq (earth, soil; land).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    *tanah[1][2]

    1. earth; soil

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992). Proto-Malayic: The Reconstruction of its Phonology and Parts of its Morphology. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 135.
    2. ^ Alexander D. Smith, 2017, The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, p.613, dissertation, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.