Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qihu

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian: *qiSu.

Noun

*qihu

shark

Descendants

Philippine
- Batanic
  - Ivatan: iyu
  - Ibatan: īyo
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: yo, iyo
  - Dupaningan Agta: iyu
  - Lubuagan Kalinga: iyu
- Central Luzon
  - Bolinao: iyo
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Visayan
    - Asi: ího
    - Cebuano: ího
- Kalamian
  - Agutaynen: kiw
Sama–Bajaw
- Inabaknon: iyo
- West Coast Bajau: yu
North Borneo
- Southwest Sabah
  - Dusunic
    - Rungus: hizu
Malayic
- Malay: hiu, yu
  - Indonesian: hiu
- Minangkabau: iyu
- Urak Lawoi': ฮยู (hyu)
Celebic
- Saluan–Banggai
  - Balantak: iyo'
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Timoric
  - Leti: iu

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qiSu.