'anu' as a relative clause marker

[Frédéric Plessis]

/anu/ have many cognates in AN languages, I think it is a compound word. A
possible would be : a + nu
*a common (or non-personal) marker) and *-nu (interrogative formative)
see also *u-nu (what), *i-nu (where), *si-nu (who)...
F.Plessis

A 13:52 29/02/2000 +0800, vous avez écrit :
>Older speakers of Brunei Malay appear to use /anu/ as a relative clause
>marker.  (Another 'anu' functions as a hesitation marker in BM, as in other
>dialects of Malay).  Blust 1974 reports a form /anuq/ 'which' in the
>related language Murik.
>Is a cognate form found elsewhere?  Thanks for any pointers.
>Adrian Clynes
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