Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/rumah

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 *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

*rumah

house

Descendants

Banjarese: rumah
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: rumah
  - Keninjal: rumah
  - Mualang: rumah
  - Remun: rumah
  - Sebuyau: humah
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: rumah
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: rumah, umah (apheresis)
  - > Indonesian: rumah (inherited)
- Brunei Malay: rumah, umah
- Kedah Malay: qumah
- Terengganu Malay: ghumoh
- Central Malay: ghumah
- Minangkabau: rumah
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: ghumah
- Pattani Malay: غوماوْه / รฺูเมาะฮ (ṛumɔh)
Urak Lawoi': รูมะฮ (rumah)

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
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Rumaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa