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Proto-Austronesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
*ma- + *wiʀi
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /(ma)wiʀi/, /(ma)wiri/
Adjective[edit]
*(ma-)wiʀi
- left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
Descendants[edit]
- Formosan:
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)wiʀi
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Oceanic: *mawiʀi
- Admiralty Islands:
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
- Fijian: mawī
- Proto-Polynesian: *maui (see there for further descendants)
- Micronesian:
- Southeast Solomonic:
- Southern Oceanic:
- Central Vanuatu:
- South Vanuatu:
- Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
- Bali–Vitu:
- Northwest Solomonic:
- Papuan Tip:
- Western Malayo-Polynesian:
Further reading[edit]