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Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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yam sp.

WMP
Balinese banahyam sp.
OC
Sa'a hanayam with prickly vines
Arosi hanaa prickly yam, but regarded by Melanesians as distinct from a yam

(Dempwolff: *taman ‘yard, courtyard’)

yard, courtyard

WMP
Malay tamangarden; pleasure-ground
Old Javanese tamanflower-garden, pleasure-garden, park
OC
Tolai tamanthe clear piece of ground around a house, a yard, hence the outside of the house, or of anything
Sa'a ama-athe courtyard, outside, at the door

Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed ‘Uraustronesisch’ *taman ‘yard, courtyard’ (Hof), but there is little likelihood that any of these forms are related.

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ye

(Dempwolff: *SiRab)

yesterday

Formosan
Kavalan siRabyesterday
Paiwan si-tiav-anyesterday

The middle morpheme of Paiwan si-tiav-an shows a perfect formal and semantic match with Kavalan siRab, but the base form is Paiwan tiaw ‘day before or after today’, with regular morphophonemic alternation between -w (< *w) and v, which normally reflects only *b. Given this observation this comparison must be treated as a product of chance, despite its obvious appeal. Why it is so similar to PAn *siRa ‘yesterday’ is unclear.

(Dempwolff: *maniŋ ‘still, yet (additive)’)

yet:   still, yet

WMP
Javanese maniŋagain, more
OC
Sa'a mänientirely, altogether; precedes verb
Fijian maniadverb preceding verbs; indicating the final one of a series of acts: then, finally, after all

Probably a product of chance. Dempwolff (1934-1938) reconstructed ‘Uraustronesisch’ *maniŋ ‘still, yet (additive)’

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yi

(Dempwolff: *adi(q))

yield, result

WMP
Tagalog áriʔproperty
Malagasy áryexisted, formed, produced; being
Toba Batak adito rest

Chance. Dempwolff (1934-38) cited Toba Batak adi with the German gloss Ruhm ('glory, renown, fame'), but his source (Warneck 1906) actually gives adi 'ruhen' ('to rest').

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yo

youngest

WMP
Kayan (Uma Juman) ipeyoungest in the nest
CMP
Soboyo ipuiyoungest
Soboyo anak ipuiyoungest child

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Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition
Robert Blust and Stephen Trussel
www.trussel2.com/ACD
2010: revision 6/21/2020
email: Blust (content) – Trussel (production)
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Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition
Robert Blust and Stephen Trussel
www.trussel2.com/ACD
2010: revision 6/21/2020
email: Blust (content) – Trussel (production)
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