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Proto-Austronesian *batu (inherited)
←
Proto-Malayic *batu (inherited)
←
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu (inherited)
→
Kavalan bettu (cognate)
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Hiligaynon bato (cognate)
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Indonesian batu (inherited)
→
Javanese watu (cognate)
→
Brunei Malay batu (cognate)
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Malagasy vato (cognate)