Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/ɣuqaɬay

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɣuqaɬaj/

Noun edit

*ɣuqaɬay

male

Descendants edit

Formosan
- Paiwan: uqalay
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *ʀuqanay
- Bornean
  - North Bornean
    - North Sarawakan
      - Bintulu: manay
- Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
  - Western Malayo-Polynesian
    - Palauan: sechal
    - Moken: kanai
    - Malayo-Sumbawan
      - Bali-Sasak
        Balinese: mwani, moani
  - Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    - Manggarai: rona
    - Sumba-Flores
      - Sumba Island
        Anakalangu: moni
    - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
      - Proto-Oceanic: *ʀuqane
        Western Oceanic
        North New Guinean
        Amara: tamane
        
        Papuan Tip
        Motu: maruane
        
        Central Pacific
        East Fijian
        Polynesian
        Tongic
        Tongan: -ngaʻane (“male, in compounds”)

References edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *ʀuqaNay