Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/daya

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): /daja/

Adjective

*daya

1. upriver, toward the interior

   Antonym: *lahud

Descendants

• Northwest Formosan
  • Saisiyat: raya' (“above”)
  • Pazeh: daya
• Western Plains
  • Thao: saya
• Atayalic
  • Taroko: daya
• East Formosan
  • Kavalan: zaya (“west”)
• Bunun: daza (“above, up”)
• Rukai: dhalra (“above, up”)
• Puyuma: draya (“west”)
• Paiwan: zaya
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *daya (see there for further descendants)

References

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