Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/kuCu
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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
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
Noun
*kuCu
- louse (insect)
Descendants
- Saisiyat: koso'
- Pazeh: kusu
- Thao: kucu
- Papora: ucu
- East Formosan
- Tsou: 'cuu
- Kanakanabu: kucu
- Saaroa: kucu'u
- Bunun: kutu
- Rukai: kucu
- Puyuma: kutru
- Paiwan: kucu
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
- Proto-Philippine: *kutu
- Basap–Greater Barito
- North Bornean
- Northeast Sabahan
- Southwest Sabahan
- North Sarawakan
- Central Sarawakan
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Javanese: kutu
- South Sulawesi
- Buginese: utu
- Chamorro: hutu
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
References
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kuCux.
- 原住民族語言線上詞典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2021