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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/pari(ʔ)
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Proto-Malayic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pari(ʔ)/
Noun
*pari(ʔ)
- ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
Descendants
- Iban: pari
- Malay: pari
- Indonesian: pari
- Urak Lawoi': ปารี (pari)
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *paRiS
- Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, page 922.