Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/tawa(ʔ)

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tawa, from Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tawa(ʔ)/

Verb

*tawa(ʔ)

1. (intransitive) to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: ketawa
• Malayan
  • Malay: tawa
    • Indonesian: tawa