Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bañaw

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

From Proto-Austronesian *bañaw.

Verb

*bañaw

1. to wash the body

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine
  • Batanic
    • Yami-Itbayat
      • Itbayat : vanaw ("idea of washing the hands")
  • Northern Luzon
    • South-Central Cordilleran
      • Central Cordilleran
        • Kankanaey: bánaw (“to dip, soak, steep, wet, drench”)
  • Central Luzon
    • Sambalic
      • ⇒ Sambali: mibano (“wash the hands”) (from *(ma)-bañaw)
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Phillipine
      • Visayan
        • Cebuano: bánaw
        • Western Bisayan
          • Aklanon: bánaw
    • Southern Mindoro
      • Hanunoo: banáw

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bañaw