Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/gayaŋ

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 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

*gayaŋ

  1. hunting spear

Descendants

  • Paiwan: gayang (“hunting spear with detachable harpoon-like barbed iron point”)
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *gayaŋ
    • Philippine
      • Batanic
        • Itbayaten: gayang (“spear, harpoon”)
      • Northern Luzon
      • Greater Central Philippine
    • North Bornean
      • Southwest Sabahan
    • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • South Sulawesi

References

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