Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/laŋaw

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

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laŋaw/

Noun

*laŋaw

housefly

Descendants

Atayalic
- Atayal: yangaw
Northern Formosan
- Northwest Formosan
  - Saisiyat: nga:aw (with metathesis)
  - Pazeh: rangaw
- Western Plains
  - Thao: ranaw
East Formosan
- Kavalanic
  - Kavalan: langaw, rangaw
- Ami
  - Amis: lalangaw
  - Sakizaya: lalangaw, tangalaw (with metathesis?)
Tsouic
- ⇒ Saaroa: tarangau
>? Puyuma: ngangalaw (with metathesis?)
Paiwan: lalangaw, lalangav
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *laŋaw (see there for further descendants)

References

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