Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kulit

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuliC.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kulit/

Noun

*kulit

skin (outer covering of the body of a person)

Descendants

Proto-Philippine:
- Tiruray: kulit
Land Dayak:
- Bau Bidayuh: kurit
Proto-North Sarawak: *kulit
- Bakung: kulit
- Central Melanau: kulit
- Sebop: kulit
Barito:
- West Coast Bajau: kulit
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *kulit
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *kulit
  - Proto-Malayic: *kulit
    - Brunei Malay: kulit
    - Iban: kulit
    - Malay: kulit, kulik; kulet
      - Indonesian: kulit
- Sundanese: ᮊᮥᮜᮤᮒ᮪ (kulit)
Old Javanese: kulit
- Javanese: kulit
Celebic:
- Lindu: kuli
- Wolio: kuli
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Sumba-Flores:
  - Laboya: kalita
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic:
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Fijian: kuli
    - Proto-Polynesian: *kili
      - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: ʻili
        Maori: kiri
        Rapa Nui: kiri
        Tahitian: ʻiri