Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/waiʀ ni mata
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ni mata. By surface analysis, *waiʀ (“water”) + *mata (“eye”).
Noun edit
- tear (drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes)
Descendants edit
- Central Malayo-Polynesian: *waiʀ ni mata
- Sumba-Flores
- Sumba
- Savu
- Sabu: ei na mada
- Savu
- Sumba
- Sumba-Flores
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *waiʀ ni mata
- Proto-Oceanic: *waiʀ ni mata
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
- East Fijian
- Fijian: wai ni mata
- East Fijian
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
- Proto-Oceanic: *waiʀ ni mata