Talk:ai jerning

I am very suspicious of this translation. Neither of the sources listed as references are perfectly reliable, and to me this just looks like "clear water". I would assume that ai is cognate to Indonesian and jerning to Indonesian. The default word for "water" is unlikely to be two words, after all. Perhaps would be able to confirm, if he's still active. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 21:00, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 02:22, 11 April 2016 (UTC)


 * It's not inherently/entirely implausible that the usual word for water might be polymorphemic; some languages have one word for "drinkable liquid" and form the word for "specifically water" by adding to it. However, you are probably correct. [//books.google.com/books?id=o8UtAAAAMAAJ Morfologi dan sintaksis bahasa Sumbawa] (1986) glosses Sumbawa ai aning (also aiyaning) as air madu, and meyai as sumer penghidupan, from me (nasi) and ai (air). - -sche (discuss) 06:15, 11 April 2016 (UTC)


 * That's a good find. Based on that evidence, I feel comfortable moving the entry. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 20:31, 11 April 2016 (UTC)