Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/zukut

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*zukut

1. grass

Descendants

• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Proto-Batak: *dukut
    • Karo Batak: dukut
    • Toba Batak: duhut
  • Nias: du'u
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Sundanese: jukut
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: jukut
• Old Javanese: jukut
  • Javanese: ꦗꦸꦏꦸꦠ꧀ (jukut, “vegetable”, literally “grass”)
    • → Sundanese: ᮏᮥᮊᮥᮒ᮪ (jukut, “grass”)
  • → Balinese: ᬚᬸᬓᬸᬢ᭄ (jukut)
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Tetum: du'ut

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *zukut.