Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/asu

This Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian 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-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

Noun

*asu

1. dog (animal)

Descendants

• Tetum: asu
• Uab Meto: asu

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*asu₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary