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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/kuCu

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 (*ʔsuːʔ, flea) /*tsˤuʔ/ (B-S).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kut͡su/

Noun

*kuCu

  1. 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
        • Dusunic
        • Paitanic
          • Upper Kinabatangan: kutu
        • Murutic
      • North Sarawakan
        • Bintulu: kutau
        • Berawan–Lower Baram
          • Berawan: kuttoh
        • Kenyah
          • Bakung: kutu
          • Eastern Penan: guteu
      • Central Sarawakan
    • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Javanese: kutu
    • South Sulawesi
    • Chamorro: hutu
    • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
      • Central Malayo-Polynesian
      • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
        • Halmahera-Cenderawasih
          • Buli (Indonesia): ut
        • Proto-Oceanic: *kutu
          • Admiralty Islands
            • Manus
              • West
                • Sori-Harengan: u
                • Bipi: kut
                • Khehek: kuk
              • Intermediate
              • East
            • Western
              • Kaniet: uu
              • Wuvulu-Aua: fou'u, fuau'u
            • Southeast
          • Southern Oceanic
            • Vanuatu
              • Southern Melanesian
              • South Vanuatu
          • Western Oceanic
            • North New Guinea
              • Arop-Lokep: kut
            • Meso-Melanesian
            • Papuan Tip
              • Kilivila–Misima
              • Central
                • Sinagoro–Keapara
                  • Hula: ɣutu
                  • Keapara: gutu
                  • Sinaugoro: ḡutu
                • West Central Papuan Tip
          • Central-Eastern Oceanic
            • Southeast Solomonic
              • 'Are'are: ū
              • To'abaita: quu
            • Southern Oceanic
              • Piamatsina: hutu
              • North Efate: kutu
              • Hiw: ɣit
            • Micronesian
              • Kosraean: kut
              • Chuukese: kúú
              • Woleaian: giusiu
            • Central Pacific
              • West Fijian–Rotuman
                • Rotuman: ʻufu
                • Western Fijian: kutu
              • East Fijian–Polynesian

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
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