Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/ʀaməs

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Austronesian

Verb

*ʀaməs

squeeze, knead, to mix with the hands

Descendants

Puyuma: rames
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *ʀaməs
- Philippine
  - Northern Luzon
    - Ilocano: gámas
  - Sangiric
    - Sangir: mə-hámisəʔ
    - Talaud: žamissa
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  - Batak
    - Karo Batak: rames
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Malayic
    - Malay: ramas
      - Indonesian: remas
  - Sundanese: rameus, rames
  - Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    - Sasak: ames
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Central Malayo-Polynesian
    - Buru (Indonesia): hameh
    - Kei–Tanimbar
      - Fordata: n-ramas
  - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    - Halmahera–Cenderawasih
      - Buli (Indonesia): amas
      - Biak: rames

References

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