Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/NiSawa

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): /ʎisawa/

Noun

*NiSawa

breath

Verb

*NiSawa

to breathe

Descendants

Siraya: xinawa
Thao: shminaw
Tsouic: *ñiSáwa
- Tsou: nsou
- Southern Tsouic
  - Kanakanabu: ngisaa (“breath”)
  - Saaroa: muruniianiia (“to breathe”)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *nihawa (see there for further descendants)

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