Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/utak

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutak, *qutək.

Alternative forms

*utək
*utāk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /utak/

Noun

*utak

brain (organ)

Descendants

Malay: utak (obsolete), Malay: otak
- → English: otak-otak (via the plural otak-otak)
- Indonesian: otak
- → Javanese: utak (via the obsolete utak)

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