Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cau

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

Noun

*Cau

person

Descendants

Formosan (geographic):
- Eastern Formosan
  - Sirayaic:
    - Siraya: tau
- Northern Formosan
  - Northwestern Formosan:
    - Pazeh: sau
- Western Plains Formosan
  - Thao: thau
  - Central Western Plains Formosan:
    - Papora: sō
- Puyuma: taw
- Tsouic:
  - Tsou: cou
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tau
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: tao
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: tawo
  - Danao
    - Maranao: tao
  - Mansakan
    - Mansaka: tau
  - Visayan
    - Cebuano: tawo
    - Hiligaynon: tao
    - Tausug: tau
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: tao
→? Japonic:
- →? Old Japanese: 贈於 (So)^[1]

References

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cau

^ Kakubayashi, Fumio, (1998), 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族 Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan, The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, 3, pp.15-31, ISSN 1341-7207

[1] Kakubayashi, Fumio, (1998), 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族 Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan, The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, 3, pp.15-31, ISSN 1341-7207

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