Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taʀum
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Old Chinese 藍 (OC *ɡ·raːm, “indigo”), whence Thai คราม (kraam), and possibly Khmer ត្រុំ (trom). Schuessler (2007) considers this an areal word, possibly originates in Southeast Asia.
Noun[edit]
*taʀum
Descendants[edit]
- Philippine
- Central Luzon
- Greater Central Philippine
- Sangiric
- Sangir: tahung
- Barito
- West Barito
- Ngaju: tahum
- West Barito
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Old Javanese: tom
- South Sulawesi
- Celebic
- Muna–Buton
- Muna: tau
- Muna–Buton
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
References[edit]
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *taRum.