Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/quluh

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): /ʔulu/, /qulu/

Noun

*quluh

1. head (part of the body)

Descendants

• Northern Formosan
  • Northwest Formosan
    • ⇒ Saisiyat: ta'oeloeh
  • Western Plains
    • Papora: ulu
• East Formosan
  • Kavalanic
    • Kavalan: uRu
    • Basay: utsu
• Rukaic
  • >? Rukai: aulru
• ⇒? Puyuma: tranguru
• Paiwan: qulu
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qulu (see there for further descendants)
• → Biao: ha⁶ lo⁵
• →? Chinese: 骷髏 / 骷髅 (kūlóu)
• →? Proto-Tai: *krawꟲ

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *quluh.
• Laurent Sagart. A model of the origin of Kra-Dai tones. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, 2019, 48 (1), pp.9. 10.1163/19606028-04801004 . hal-02179092