Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/babuy

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): /babuj/

Noun

*babuy

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)

Descendants

• Proto-Tsouic: *vavúžu
  • Tsou: fuzu
  • Southern Tsouic:
    • Kanakanabu: vavúlu
• Western Plains:
  • Thao: fafuy
  • Central Western Plains:
    • Papora: babu
• Northern Formosan:
  • Plains:
    • Saisiyat: baboy
  • Proto-Atayalic: *babuy
    • Taroko: babuy
• East Formosan:
  • Kavalanic:
    • Kavalan: babuy
  • Ami:
    • Amis: fafoy
  • Sirayaic:
    • Siraya: vavoy, babuy
• Bunun: babu
• Proto-Rukai: *baboy
  • Rukai: babuy
• Puyuma: vavuy
• Paiwan: vavuy
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *babuy (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*babuy₃”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*babuy₃”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary