Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/wada

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wada/

Verb

*wada

to be (exist)

Descendants

Some descendants, especially Philippine languages and Javanese, have their meaning evolved into exactly opposite meaning of "not, don't".

Proto-Philippine: *wada
- Batanic:
  - Yami-Itbayat:
    - Itbayaten: wara-wara
- Northern Luzon:
  - Cagayan Valley:
    - Gaddang: wáda
    - Isnag: wadóy
  - Ilocano: wadá, addá
  - South-Central Cordilleran:
    - Southern Cordilleran:
      - Pangasinic:
        Pangasinan: walá
    - Central Cordilleran:
      - Nuclear Cordilleran:
        Bontok-Kankanaey:
        Bontok: wáda, wadáy
        
        Kankanaey: wáda
        
        Ifugao: wa
North Bornean:
- Southwest Sabahan:
  - Dusunic:
    - Central Dusun: haro
Northwest Sumatran:
- Mentawai: bara
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *wada
- Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ada
  - Sasak: ara
- Madurese: badha
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *ada
  - Proto-Malayic: *ada
    - Ibanic:
      - Iban: adai (from *ada-i)
    - Nuclear Malayic:
      - Banjarese: kada
      - Malay: ada
        Indonesian: ada
      - Minangkabau: ado
      - Urak Lawoi': อาดา (ada)
Old Javanese: wwara
Chamorro: guaha
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Bimanese: wara
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic: *wola
    - Central Pacific:
      - Fijian: bula
    - Proto-Polynesian: *ola
      - Tongic:
        Niuean: ola
        
        Tongan: ola
      - Nuclear Polynesian:
        Ellicean:
        Samoic:
        Samoan: ola
        
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Kapingamarangi: ora
        
        Tuvaluan: ola
        
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Central Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: ola
        
        Tahitic:
        Maori: ora
        
        Tahitian: ora
        
        Rapa Nui: ora

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