Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cumay

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

Etymology

Unknown, probably related to Old Japanese 熊(くま) (kuma, “bear”), Middle Korean 곰〯 (kwǒm, “bear”), Old Chinese 熊 (OC *ɢʷlɯm), Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-wam, Proto-Mon-Khmer *[k]mum (“bear, black bear”), and Proto-Tai *ʰmwɯjᴬ (“bear”).

Noun

*Cumay

1. () Formosan black bear (Ursus thibetanus formosanus)

Descendants

• Babuza: choma
• Bunun: tumaz
• East Formosan
  • Amis: tomay
  • Siraya: tumey
• Kanakanabu: cumái
• Kavalan: tumay
• Paiwan: tsumay
• Puyuma: tumay
• Saaroa:
• Sakizaya: tumay
• Saisiyat: somay
• Taroko: sumay
• Thao: cumay
• Tsou: cmoi

External links

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online *Cumay