Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/binəSiq

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): /binəsiq/

Noun

*binəSiq

1. seed set aside for the next planting

Descendants

• Northern Formosan
  • Northwest Formosan
    • Saisiyat: binSi'
    • Thao: finshiq, fafinshiq
• Southern Formosan
  • Bunun: binsah
  • Puyuma: bini
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *binəhiq (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bineSiq.