Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/dada

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 *dahdah, from Proto-Austronesian *daSdaS (“chest”).

Noun

*dada

chest

Descendants

Banjarese: dada
Kendayan: dada
Ibanic
- Iban: dada
- Keninjal: dada
- Mualang: dada
- Seberuang: dada
Malayan
- Malay: dada
  - Indonesian: dada
- Central Malay: dado
- Minangkabau: dado
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: dado
- Pattani Malay: ดาดอ (dadɔ)
Urak Lawoi': ดาดา (dada)

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
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa