English
lutung
Lutung comes from Malay lotong ‘langur’, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lutuŋ ‘black monkey’, and ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*luCuŋreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*lutuŋ‘black monkey’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernlotong‘langur’
- Englishtodaylutung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*luCuŋreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*lutuŋ‘black monkey’reconstructed
- Proto-Malayicprehistoric (reconstructed)same formreconstructed
- Malaymodernlotong‘langur’
- Englishtodaylutung
Every English word from Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ
Today it means
noun Any of a group of Old World monkeys, making up the genus Trachypithecus, with a rather slim build and a long tail.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *luCuŋ / lutung