Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/taun

This Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih 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-Halmahera-Cenderawasih

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taqun, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

*taun

1. year

Reconstruction notes

• Moor táuna (with irregular retention of t pointing to a loanword), Dusner tahun, Biga tahun, As tahun (all borrowings from Malay) are not listed here. It is also possible some or all of the terms listed below are borrowings from Malay.

Descendants

• Cenderawasih Bay:
  • Yapen:
    • Central-Western:
      • >? Ansus: taumi
• Raja Ampat–South Halmahera:
  • Waigeo: taun
  • South Halmahera:
    • Gebe: taun
    • Central-Eastern:
      • Buli (Indonesia): taun
      • Maba: taun
      • Patani: taon, taun
      • Sawai: taun
    • Southern:
      • Gane: taun
      • Taba: taun

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *taqun
• OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area