Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/damar

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 *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ.

Noun

*damar

1. resin
2. resinous torch

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: damar, dambar
• Malayan
  • Malay: damar
    • Indonesian: damar
    • → Dutch: dammer
    • → English: dammer, dammar, damar
  • Minangkabau: dama
• Urak Lawoi': ดาเมอ (dame)

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