Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/kuCu

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

Compare Proto-Kra *C-ʈuᴬ ("louse") and Proto-Hlai *Cuʈʂhuː (“louse”) (from Pre-Hlai *Cuʈuː). Compare also Old Chinese 蚤 (*ʔsuːʔ, “flea”) /*tsˤuʔ/ (B-S).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kut͡su/

Noun

*kuCu

louse (insect)

Descendants

Saisiyat: koso'
Pazeh: kusu
Thao: kucu
Papora: ucu
East Formosan
- Kavalan: qutu
- Amis: koto
- Sakizaya: kutu
Tsou: 'cuu
Kanakanabu: kucu
Saaroa: kucu'u
Bunun: kutu
Rukai: kucu
Puyuma: kutru
Paiwan: kucu
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
- Proto-Philippine: *kutu (see there for further descendants)
- Basap–Greater Barito
  - Sama-Bajaw
    - Yakan: kutu
    - Mapun: kutu
    - West Coast Bajau: kutu
  - Basap: kutu
  - Mahakam
    - Tunjung: kutu
  - East Barito
    - Ma'anyan: kutu
    - Dusun Witu: kutu
- North Bornean
  - Northeast Sabahan
    - Bonggi: kutu
    - Ida'an: kutu
  - Southwest Sabahan
    - Dusunic
      - Central Dusun: kutu
      - Rungus: kutu
      - Tobilung: kutu
    - Paitanic
      - Upper Kinabatangan: kutu
    - Murutic
      - Timugon Murut: kutu
  - North Sarawakan
    - Bintulu: kutau
    - Berawan–Lower Baram
      - Berawan: kuttoh
    - Kenyah
      - Bakung: kutu
      - Eastern Penan: guteu
  - Central Sarawakan
    - Central Melanau: kutou
    - Kanowit: kutou
- Malayo-Chamic
  - Proto-Chamic: *kutɔw
  - Proto-Malayic: *kutu (see there for further descendants)
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: kutu
  - Sasak: gutu
  - Sumbawa: gutu
- Sundanese: kutu
- Madurese: koto
- Javanese: kutu
- South Sulawesi
  - Buginese: utu
- Chamorro: hutu
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Bima: hudu
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Halmahera-Cenderawasih
    - Buli (Indonesia): ut
  - Proto-Oceanic: *kutu (see there for further descendants)

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kuCux.
原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages]‎^[1] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2021