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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)qitəm
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ma)ʔitəm/, /(ma)qitəm/
Adjective
*(ma-)qitəm
- black (absorbing all light)
Descendants
- Acehnese: itam
- Cebuano: itom
- Brunei Malay: itam
- Coastal Kadazan: oitom
- Indonesian: hitam
- Malagasy: mainty
- Malay: hitam, هيتم
- Minangkabau: hitam
- Tagalog: itim
- West Coast Bajau: irom
See also
- *qitəm