Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/NiSawa

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): /ʎisawa/

Noun

*NiSawa

1. breath

Verb

*NiSawa

1. to breathe

Descendants

• Siraya: xinawa
• Thao: shminaw
• Tsouic: *ñiSáwa
  • Tsou: nsou
  • Southern Tsouic
    • Kanakanabu: ngisaa (“breath”)
    • Saaroa: muruniianiia (“to breathe”)
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *nihawa (see there for further descendants)

External links

• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database - to breathe
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *NiSawa