Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qaNuaŋ

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

water buffalo, carabao

Descendants

Northern Formosan
- Northwest Formosan
  - Pazeh: núang (“buffalo”)
- Western Plains
  - Papora: loan (“buffalo”)
  - Thao: qnuan (“deer; cow; carabao”)
Tsouic
- Southern Tsouic
  - Kanakanabu: 'inungu (“female deer”)
  - Saaroa: taihluangʉ (“female pygmy deer”)
East Formosan
- Sirayaic
  - Siraya: luang (“large animal”)
Bunun: hanvang (“deer; cow”)
Rukai: lwange (“cow”)
Paiwan: ljuang (“cattle”)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qanuaŋ
- Philippine
  - Northern Luzon
    - Ilocano: nuáng
    - Cagayan Valley
      - Pamplona Atta: nuáng
      - Isnag: nuāng
      - Itawit: nwang
    - Meso-Cordilleran
      - Central Cordilleran
        Ifugao
        Batad Ifugao: nuwang
        Tuwali Ifugao: nuwang
        Bontoc
        Central Bontoc: nowang
        Eastern Bontoc: nowang
        Kankanaey
        Northern Kankanay: nowang
        Kankanaey: nowáng
      - Southern Cordilleran
        Karao: nowang
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Tagalog: anuwang
      - Visayan
        Aklanon: ánwang
    - South Mangyan
      - Hanunoo: ʔanwáng
- Malayic
  - Malay: benuang
    - Indonesian: benuang
  - Minangkabau: binuang
- South Sulawesi
  - Northern
    - Tae': nuang
  - Bugis–Tamanic
    - Buginese: anuang
  - Makassaric
    - Makasar: anuang (ᨕᨊᨘᨕ)
- Celebic
  - Wotu–Wolio
    - Wolio: nua

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaNuaŋ.

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