Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/quzaN

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

Alternative forms

• *qujaɬ (Wolff 2010)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quɟ͡ʝalʲ/

Noun

*quzaN

1. rain

Descendants

• Formosan
  • Paiwan: qudjalj
  • Northern Formosan
    • Thao: qusaz
  • Eastern Formosan
    • Kavalan: ʔuzan
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *quzan (“rain”)
  • Philippine
    • Northern Philippine
      • Northern Luzon
        • Pangasinic
          • Pangasinan: oran
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: ulan
      • Bikol
        • Coastal Bikol
          • Central Bikol: uran
      • Visayan
        • Cebuano: ulan
    • Mindanao
      • Manobo
        • Northern Manobo
          • Binukid: uzan
      • Danao
        • Maranao: oran
  • Bornean
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
        • Kelabit: udan
    • Barito
      • East Barito
        • Malagasy: orana
  • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
    • Northwest Sumatra
      • Batak
        • Southern Batak
          • Toba Batak: udan
    • Sunda-Sulawesi
      • Old Javanese: udan
      • Moken: kujan
      • Malayo-Sumbawan
        • Sundanese: hujan
        • Balinese: ujan
        • Malayic
          • Malayan
            • Malay: hujan
              • Malacca (Riau) Malay
                • Indonesian: hujan
          • Ibanic
            • Iban: ujan
      • Palauan: chull
      • Chamorro: uchan
    • Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
      • Timor-Babar
        • Tetumic
          • Tetum: udan
        • South-East Timor
          • Luangic
            • Leti: utna
  • Proto-Oceanic: *qusan (“rain”)
    • Micronesian
      • Nuclear Micronesian
        • Marshallese: wōt (“rain”), ute (“to rain on”)
        • Chuukic-Pohnpeic
          • Chuukic
            • Chuukese: wúút
            • Puluwat: wút
            • Saipan Carolinian: úút
            • Ulithian-Woleaian
              • Woleaian: uute
            • Echangese
              • Sonsorolese: wúúta
          • Pohnpeic
            • Mokilese: wud (“rain, to rain”)
    • Western Oceanic
      • Meso-Melanesian
        • Bali-Vitu
          • Muduapa: huza
    • Southeast Solomonic
      • Malaita-San Cristobal
        • San Cristobal
          • Arosi: uta
    • Central Pacific
      • Western Fijian-Rotuman
        • Rotuman: usa
      • Eastern Fijian
        • Fijian: uca
        • Proto-Polynesian: *quha (“rain”)
          • Tongic
            • Tongan: ʻuha (“rain, to rain, rainy, wet”)
            • Niuean: uha
          • Nuclear Polynesian
            • Ellicean
              • Samoic
                • Samoan-Tokelauan
                  • Samoan: ua
              • Eastern Polynesian
                • Tahitic
                  • Maori: ua (“rain, to rain”)
                • Marquesic
                  • Hawaiian: ua (“rain, to rain, rainy”)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *quzaN
• Micronesian Comparative Dictionary — PMc *usa ~ *uSa (< POc *qusan)