Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/lihat

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 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəj. Cognate with Chamorro li'e', Proto-Oceanic *liqos.

Verb

*lihat

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Descendants

• Malay: lihat
  • Indonesian: lihat
  • North Moluccan Malay: lia
• Minangkabau: lihek

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, page 134
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa