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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/tabaN

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

Noun

*tabaN

  1. head trophy (trophy taken in headhunting)

Descendants

  • East Formosan
    • Kavalanic
      • Kavalan: taban (head trophy)
    • Ami
      • Amis: tafad (a disembodied head gotten in headhunting or war)
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *taban (booty, war captive; what is taken in war; elopement, captured bride)
    • Philippine
    • Barito
      • Sama–Bajaw
      • East Barito
        • Malagasy: tavana
      • West Barito
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
      • Central Sarawakan
        • Melanau–Kajang
    • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
    • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • Old Javanese: tawan
    • Celebic
      • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *tawaN

References

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