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

1. 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.