Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qaNuaŋ

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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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔalʲuaŋ/, /qalʲuaŋ/

Noun

*qaNuaŋ

  1. water buffalo, carabao

Descendants

  • Northern Formosan
    • Northwest Formosan
      • Pazeh: núang (“buffalo”)
    • Western Plains
      • Papora: loan (“buffalo”)
      • Thao: qnuan (“deer; cow; carabao”)
  • Tsouic
    • Southern Tsouic
  • East Formosan
    • Sirayaic
      • Siraya: luang (“large animal”)
  • Bunun: hanvang (“deer; cow”)
  • Rukai: lwange (“cow”)
  • Paiwan: ljuang (“cattle”)
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qanuaŋ

References

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