Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/liqəʀ

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): /liʔəʀ/, /liqər/

Noun

*liqəʀ

1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)

Descendants

• Tsouic:
  • Southern Tsouic:
    • Kanakanabu: ʉʼʉrʉ, ɦʉʔʉɾin
• East Formosan:
  • Ami:
    • Amis: liʼel, li'er
    • Sakizaya: liʼel
• Proto-Rukai: *ləʔə
  • Rukai: lre
• Paiwan: liqe, liqu (“throat”)
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *liqəʀ (see there for further descendants)

References

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