Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/susu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *susu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /susu/

Noun

*susu

breast (female organ)

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
    - Woi: huhu
  - Proto-Oceanic:
    - Proto-Polynesian: *susu
      - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: ū
        Maori: ū
        Samoan: susu
      - Tongan: huhu, huhua
- Laboya: huhhu, susu
Proto-Philippine:
- Asi: suso
- Bikol Central: suso
- Kapampangan: susu
- Limos Kalinga: susu
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: suso
- Tagakaulu Kalagan: susu
- Tagalog: suso
Chamorro: susu
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic: *susu(ʔ)
    - Malay: susu
      - Indonesian: susu
      - → Petjo: soesoe
      - → Tok Pisin: susu
Old Javanese:
- Javanese: susu
Palauan: susu