Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

*ka- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/

Adjective

*(ka-)wiʀi

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: *(ka-)wanan

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Sumba–Flores:
      • Bima: ku'i
      • Mamboru: kalí
      • Laboya: kalí
    • Timor–Babar:
      • Bilba: ki
      • Termanu: ki
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
        • Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
          • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Nuguria: kaihi
          • Tahitic:
            • Cook Islands Maori:
              • Rakahanga-Manihiki: kāui
              • Rarotongan: kauī, kauvī
              • Tongarevan: kauī
            • French Polynesia:
              • Rapa: kaui
              • Tahitian: ʻaui
              • Tuamotuan: kāui
      • Western Oceanic:
        • Keapara: auli
        • Motu: kauri
        • Sinaugoro: kauli
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Greater Barito:
    • East Barito:
      • Ma'anyan: kawi
      • Malagasy: havia
    • Sama-Bajaw:
      • Inabaknon: kawiri
      • Mapun: kayli, kili
      • Pangutaran Sama: kai
  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Batanic:
      • Yami: kaozi
    • Central Luzon:
      • Kapampangan: kaili
    • Northern Luzon:
      • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kawihe
      • Limos Kalinga: kawigi
    • Minahasan:
      • Tonsea: kawii
    • Sangiric:
      • Bantik: kuihi
      • Sangil: ka'iri
      • Sangir: kaihi
  • Celebic:
    • Pamona: kaii
  • Moklenic:
    • Moken: ʔeloy
    • Moklen: kaːləi
  • Lampungic:
    • Abung: kirei
    • Komering: kiʁi
    • Lampung Api: kiri
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Bali–Sasak:
      • Sasak: kiri
    • Proto-Malayic: *(ka-)iri
      • Malay: kiri
        • Indonesian: kiri
      • Urak Lawoi': กีรี (kiri)
  • Old Javanese: kiri, keri, kiwa
    • Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
      • → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
      • → Sundanese: ᮊᮤᮝ (kiwa, “left”)
    • → Balinese: ᬓᬶᬯ (kiwa, “left”)
  • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • Makasar: kairi
    • Tae': kairi

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *wiRi