Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Suab

Proto-Austronesian

Etymology

Doublet of *Suyeʔab and *Suaw.

Verb

*Suab

to yawn

Descendants

Formosan:
- Amis: sowaf
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *huab
- Batanic:
  - Yami-Itbayat:
    - Itbayat: h-om-wab
- North Bornean:
  - Kayanic:
    - Kayan-Murik:
      - Kayan River Kayan: uham
      - Baram Kayan: huam
      - Rejang Kayan: huav
  - North Sarawakan:
    - Api Duat:
      - Kelabit: uab
  - Southwest Sabahan:
    - Dusunic:
      - Brunei Bisaya: g-uab
      - Central Dusun: uvab
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
  - Mentawai: ōap
- Philippine:
  - Northern Luzon:
    - Cagayan Valley:
      - Ibanagic:
        Itawit: úwab
    - Meso-Cordilleran:
      - Central Cordilleran:
        Nuclear Cordilleran:
        Batad Ifugao: úwab
        Bontok Kankanay:
        Central Bontoc: ʔuwáb
        Kankanaey: uáb
      - Southern Cordilleran:
        West Southern Cordilleran:
        Pangasinan: oáb
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *huap
  - Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa:
    - Sasak-Sumbawa:
      - Sasak: uap
  - Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    - Proto-Malayic:
      - Malay: uap
    - Rade: həap
- Old Javanese: hwab, ob

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suab”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI