Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/datu

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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /datu/

Noun

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*datu

  1. tribal chief

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Karl Alexander Adelaar (1992) Proto Malayic: the reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology (Pacific linguistics Ser. C), Canberra: Dep. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian, →ISBN, page 71
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