Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qaNiCu

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): /qalʲit͡su/, /ʔalʲit͡su/

Noun

*qaNiCu

1. ghost (spirit of the dead)
2. owl

Descendants

• Amis: hanito
• Atayal: aliyutux, 'aliyutux
• Bunun: hanitu, qanitu
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qanitu (see there for further descendants)
• Puyuma: haɭtu
• Rukai: aɭico
• Saaroa: 'ilhicu, ilhicu
• Sakizaya: dito
• Siraya: litto, litu
• Taivoan: anitu
• Tsou: hicu

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaNiCu