Edwards, Owen <br/><br/>
Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary 

 - Canberra  ANU Press  2021 
 - 1 electronic resource (464 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the modern Rote-Meto languages. These reconstructions are accompanied by information on how they relate to forms in other languages including Proto‑Malayo‑Polynesian etyma (where known) and/or out-comparisons to putative cognates in other languages of the region. The dictionary also contains two finder-lists: English to Rote-Meto, and Austronesian reconstructions with Rote-Meto reflexes. The dictionary is preceded by three introductory chapters. The first chapter contains a guide to using the dictionary as well as discussion of the data sources. The second chapter provides a short synchronic overview of the Rote-Meto langauges. The third chapter discusses the historical background of Rote-Meto. This includes sound correspondences, the internal subgrouping of the Rote-Meto family, and the position of Rote-Meto within Malayo-Polynesian more broadly. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>RMCD.2021 9781760464578 9781760464561 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.22459/RMCD.2021  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dictionaries<br/>Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries<br/>Usage & grammar guides<br/>Language: history & general works<br/>linguistics<br/>Historical & comparative linguistics
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Austronesian Timor Historical Reconstruction Rote Meto