Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cau

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

Etymology edit

Noun edit

*Cau

person

Descendants edit

Formosan (geographic):
- Northern Formosan
  - Northwestern Formosan:
    - Pazeh: sau
- Western Plains Formosan
  - Thao: thau
  - Central Western Plains Formosan:
    - Papora: sō
- Puyuma: taw
- Tsouic:
  - Tsou: cou
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tau
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: tao
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: tawo
  - Danao
    - Maranao: tao
  - Mansakan
    - Mansaka: tau
  - Visayan
    - Cebuano: tawo
    - Hiligaynon: tao
    - Tausug: tau
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: tao

References edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cau