Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)wiʀi

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

*ma- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ma)wiʀi/, /(ma)wiri/

Adjective

*(ma-)wiʀi

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

Descendants

  • Formosan:
    • Puyuma: mawwiRi
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)wiʀi
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Oceanic: *mawiʀi
        • Admiralty Islands:
          • Manus:
          • Western:
            • Seimat: kalamaw
            • Wuvulu-Aua: mawi
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
          • Central Pacific:
            • Fijian: mawī
            • Proto-Polynesian: *maui (see there for further descendants)
          • Micronesian:
            • Nauruan: edamauw
          • Southeast Solomonic:
          • Southern Oceanic:
            • Central Vanuatu:
              • Neverver: mwer
              • North Efate: mawiri, mauri
              • Vao: mair
            • South Vanuatu:
        • Western Oceanic:
          • Meso-Melanesian:
          • Papuan Tip:
            • Bwaidoka: aimauli
    • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Celebic:

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