Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian edit

Etymology edit

*ka- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/

Adjective edit

*(ka-)wiʀi

left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
Antonym: *(ka-)wanan

Descendants edit

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Sumba–Flores:
    - Bima: ku'i
    - Mamboru: kalí
    - Laboya: kalí
  - Timor–Babar:
    - Bilba: ki
    - Termanu: ki
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
      - Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Nuguria: kaihi
        
        Tahitic:
        Cook Islands Maori:
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: kāui
        
        Rarotongan: kauī, kauvī
        
        Tongarevan: kauī
        
        French Polynesia:
        Rapa: kaui
        
        Tahitian: ʻaui
        
        Tuamotuan: kāui
    - Western Oceanic:
      - Keapara: auli
      - Motu: kauri
      - Sinaugoro: kauli
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Greater Barito:
  - East Barito:
    - Ma'anyan: kawi
    - Malagasy: havia
  - Sama-Bajaw:
    - Inabaknon: kawiri
    - Mapun: kayli, kili
    - Pangutaran Sama: kai
- Proto-Philippine:
  - Batanic:
    - Yami: kaozi
  - Central Luzon:
    - Kapampangan: kaili
  - Northern Luzon:
    - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kawihe
    - Limos Kalinga: kawigi
  - Minahasan:
    - Tonsea: kawii
  - Sangiric:
    - Bantik: kuihi
    - Sangil: ka'iri
    - Sangir: kaihi
- Celebic:
  - Pamona: kaii
- Moklenic:
  - Moken: ʔeloy
  - Moklen: kaːləi
- Lampungic:
  - Abung: kirei
  - Komering: kiʁi
  - Lampung Api: kiri
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Bali–Sasak:
    - Sasak: kiri
  - Proto-Malayic: *(ka-)iri
    - Malay: kiri
      - Indonesian: kiri
    - Urak Lawoi': กีรี (kiri)
- Old Javanese: kiri, keri, kiwa
  - Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
    - → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
    - → Sundanese: ᮊᮤᮝ (kiwa, “left”)
  - → Balinese: ᬓᬶᬯ (kiwa, “left”)
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
  - Makasar: kairi
  - Tae': kairi