Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/waqay

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 *waqay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waqaj/, /waʔaj/

Noun

*waqay

1. leg, foot (part of body)

Related terms

• *qaqay

Descendants

• Hawaiian: wae
• Kapingamarangi: vae
• Maori: wae
• Samoan: vae
• Tongan: vaʻe, vae