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

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 *dahun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daun/

Classifier

*daun

Used to count certain objects

Noun

*daun

leaf (part of a plant)
head hair

Descendants

Aru
- Dobel: rakwun
- Ujir: rawin
Bima: hoo
Central Maluku
- East Central Maluku
  - Seram
    - Nunusaku
      - Piru Bay
        East Piru Bay
        Sepa-Teluti
        Teluti: daun
        
        Solehua
        Paulohi: lau
        
        Seram Straits
        Ambon
        Hitu: lau-
        
        Laha (Indonesia): loung
        
        Uliase
        Saparua: laun
        
        West Piru Bay
        Asilulu
        Asilulu: lau
      - Three Rivers
        Amalumute
        Alune: loini
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *raun
Flores-Lembata
- Sika: roung
Sumba-Flores
- Ende-Manggarai
  - Manggarai: saung
- Sumba-Hawu
  - Savu
    - Dhao: rau
  - Sumba
    - Central
      - Anakalangu: rau
    - East Sumbanese
      - Kambera: rau
    - Kodi-Gaura
      - Kodi: rojo
    - Wejewa-Lamboya
      - Laboya: ro
Timoric
- Bilba: dok
- West Timoric
  - Atoni
    - Uab Meto: no'o
- Wetar-Galoli
  - Galoli: ai ron, ron (Talur)
  - Tugun: ai ron

References

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