Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/asah

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Sasaq.

Verb

*asah

to sharpen, to whet

Descendants

Banjarese: asah
Ibanic
- Iban: ansah
- Keninjal: ansah
- Mualang: ansah
- Seberuang: ansah
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: asah
  - > Indonesian: asah (inherited)
- Brunei Malay: asah
- Kedah Malay: asɒh
- Col: asah
- Minangkabau: asah
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: asah
- Pattani Malay: อาเซาะฮ (asɔh)
Urak Lawoi': อาซะฮ (asah)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sasaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa