Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bit

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 *biC

Noun

*bit

  1. base
  2. origin
  3. beginning

Verb

*bit

  1. to arise up
  2. to pinch or pull some body part

Derived terms

  • *bitbit (“pull at body part, hold something dangling from the fingers”)

Descendants

  • Old Javanese: wit
  • Proto-Malayic: *bit
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