Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/nasi(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 earlier *in-asi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asi (“fermented rice”).

Noun

*nasi(ʔ)

cooked rice

Descendants

Ibanic
- Iban: asɛʔ (loss of *n- unexplained)
- Keninjal: nasiʔ
- Seberuang: nasɛʔ
Nuclear Malayic
- Banjarese: nasi
- Malay: nasi
  - > Indonesian: nasi (inherited)
    - → Dutch: nasi
  - → English: nasi
- Brunei Malay: nasi
- Central Malay: nasi
- Minangkabau: nasi
- Pattani Malay: นาซิ (nasiʔ)
- Urak Lawoi': นาซี (nasi)
Western Malayic Dayak
- Kendayan: nasiʔ

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