Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/daun

This Proto-Eastern 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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daun/

Classifier

*daun

1. Used to count certain objects

Noun

*daun

1. leaf (part of a plant)
2. head hair

Descendants

• Proto-Oceanic: *raun (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *daun
  • Halmahera Sea:
    • As: alaun
    • Matbat: da²¹n
  • Mor (Austronesian): ranu
  • Yapen:
    • Central-Western Yapen
      • Ansus: weraung
      • Pom: rau
      • Serui-Laut: rerau
      • Wandamen: rau
      • Woi: raun