Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hulu(ʔ)

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 *qulu, from Proto-Austronesian *quluh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hulu(ʔ)/

Noun

*hulu(ʔ)

  1. head (part of the body)
  2. upper part
  3. upriver
  4. handle

Descendants

  • Banjarese: hulu
  • Ibanic
  • Nuclear Malayic
  • Urak Lawoi': ฮูลู (hulu)

References

  • Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*quluh”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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