Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Sawak

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sawak/

Noun

*Sawak

1. waist

Descendants

• Atayal: thawak
• Kavalan: sawaq
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *hawak (see there for further descendants)
• Thao: awak

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Sawak