Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Suaji

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

Noun

*Suaji

1. younger sibling (younger person who shares same parents)

Descendants

• Western Plains:
  • Thao: suadi
  • Central Western Plains:
    • Papora: suazi
• Northern Formosan:
  • Plains:
    • Pazeh: suadi, suazi
  • Proto-Atayalic: *suwaiʔ
    • Atayal: suagiʼ
    • Taroko: swai
• East Formosan:
  • Kavalanic:
    • Kavalan: suani
• Proto-Rukai: *agi
  • Rukai: agi
• Puyuma: wadi
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *huaji (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Suaji”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*Suaji”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary