Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/asu

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

Noun

*asu

  1. dog (animal)

Descendants

  • Amis: waco
  • Pazeh: wazu
  • Sakizaya: wacu
  • Siraya: asu
  • Thao: atu
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *asu (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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