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（#tau-people 人-IN) (Proto) Malayo-Polynesian from Indonesia (Part II)

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Papua Tanah Damai translates from Indonesian to "Papua, Land of Peace." In the context of Austronesian languages, tanah means "land," "earth," or "soil" . It traces back to the Proto-Malayic word *tanah , which evolved from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq .  In Malay and Indonesian , damai means "peace" or "tranquility". It traces back to the Proto-Austronesian word damay , meaning "peace, empathy, or harmony". 1. Root word for peanut  land, soil, earth, ground - 土. 土豆 (peanut) These two set of analysis are questionable (under-analysed), especially the first one - loanwords diversity, not grammatical development.  Siraya revitalization (K.A. Adelaar) 2. Possible linguistic connection - people of the land, the soil. #tau - IN - 人- people (1930s Japanese report） Slit Drum (Austronesian)  - which I saw almost on a daily basis during the entire trip in Java Indonesia (a variety of sizes).  I suspect a connecti...
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(Proto) Malayo-Polynesian from Indonesia (Part I）

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  Gudeg  (translate to " to stir") originates from the Javanese term hangudeg. I picked up a few (proto) Malayo-Polynesian words from a week's trip to Indonesia - their presence is on daily basis and in everyday life.  1.   nasi (cooked rice)  ayam (chicken)   tracing back from the Malayic *hayam to the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qayam . 2. arang (charcol) besi (frying) 3. batu (stone) descendants patu, wato, vato, watu etc at British Museum London Japanese identified batu IN linguistic source multiple times in 1930s  4. kapak (axe) 5. mata (eyes) uang (money) - currency 貨幣 6.  n angka   (jackfruit) 7.  kacang (peanut) 8. masak (to cook) 9. makanan (to eat) wadah (container) 10.  padi (rice) ani ani (cutting knife) 11. benih (seeds) kecil (small) 12. piring (dish) 13. dandang (steamer) 14. kalung (necklace) 15. cetakan ( chintz originating in 15th-century India) 16. pisang (banana) 17. bubur (porridge/...
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