Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cau

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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

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Etymology

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Noun

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*Cau

  1. person

Descendants

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  • Formosan (geographic):
    • Eastern Formosan
      • Sirayaic:
        • Siraya: tau
    • Northern Formosan
      • Northwestern Formosan:
    • Western Plains Formosan
      • Thao: thau
      • Central Western Plains Formosan:
    • Puyuma: taw
    • Tsouic:
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tau
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: tao
      • Bikol
      • Danao
      • Mansakan
      • Visayan
    • Northern Luzon
  • ? Japonic:

References

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  1. ^ Kakubayashi, Fumio, (1998), 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族 Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan, The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, 3, pp.15-31, ISSN 1341-7207