Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tambak

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

Noun

*tambak

dam, dyke, embankment

Verb

*tambak

to fill a hole with earth
to heap up

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: tambák
  - Cagayan Valley
    - Itawit: támbak
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - Ibaloi: tambak
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: tambák
    - Bikol Central: tambák
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: tambák
      - Aklanon: támbak
      - Masbatenyo: támbak
      - Romblomanon: tambak
      - Waray-Waray: tambák
      - Tausug: tambak
  - Manobo
    - Binukid: tambak
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: tambak
  - Danao
    - Maranao: tambak
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Mongondow: tambak (“burial place”)
- Kalamian
  - Agutaynen: tambak
Greater Barito
- Sama–Bajaw
  - Yakan: tambak
- West Barito
  - Ngaju: tambak
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands languages
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: tambak
  - Toba Batak: tambak
- Simeulue: tamba'
- Nias: tamba
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
  - Acehnese: seunambak
- Malayic
  - Malay: tambak
    - Indonesian: tambak
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: tambak
  - Sasak: tambak
- Sundanese: tambak
Old Javanese: tambak
- Javanese: ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧꦏ꧀ (tambak)
  - → English: tambak
  - → Indonesian: tambak (semantic loan)
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Sumba–Flores
    - Kambera: tambaku
    - Manggarai: tamba
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Oceanic: *tabak (“dam, dyke, embankment”)
    - Southeast Solomonic
      - Gela: tatamba (“to bank up with logs or stones to keep earth from falling”)

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tambak₂.

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