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Reconstruction:Proto-North Halmahera/uku

This Proto-North Halmahera 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-North Halmahera

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /u.ku/

Noun

*uku

fire

Descendants

Core-Halmaheran
- Ternate-Tidore
  - Ternate: uku
- Northeast Halmaheran
  - Tabaru: 'uku
- Sahuic
  - Sahu: u'u

References

Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎

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