Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bataŋ

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.

*bataŋ

1. tree trunk, fallen tree, log
2. stem of a plant
3. corpse
4. log bridge

*bataŋ

1. numeral classifier for cylindrical objects

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Northern Luzon
    • Kankanaey: bátang (“pine tree, tree”)
    • Batad Ifugao: bātang (“sulphur mushroom”)
  • Central Luzon
    • Abenlen Ayta: batang (“seasoned log, fallen tree in the stream”)
  • Central Philippine
    • Cebuano: batang (“a log; the trunk of a dead tree; to lie prostrate”)
    • Mansaka: batang (“branch (of a tree)”)
  • Danao
    • Maranao: batang (“to perch; letter”)
• Sama–Bajaw
  • Yakan: batang (“tree trunk, stalk; letter”)
• Proto-Batak:
  • Toba Batak: batang
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: ᬯᬢᬂ (watang)
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Malay: batang
        • Indonesian: batang (“log, rod, branch”)
      • Minangkabau: batang
  • Old Sundanese
    • Sundanese: ᮘᮒᮀ (batang)
• Old Javanese: baṭaṅ (“corpse”)
  • Javanese: ꦧꦛꦁ (bathang, “corpse”)
    • → Indonesian: batang (“corpse”) (semantic loan)
• Old Javanese: wataṅ (“trunk”)
  • Javanese: ꦮꦠꦁ (watang, “trunk”)

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bataŋ