Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/kasaw

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasaw/

Noun

*kasaw

1. rafter (diagonal bamboo poles to which thatch panels are lashed)

Descendants

• Northern Luzon
  • Ilocano: kasaw
  • Northeastern Luzon
    • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kasaw
  • Meso-Cordilleran
    • Kankanaey: kasaw
    • Batad Ifugao: ahaw
    • Tuwali Ifugao: kah-o
• Central Luzon
  • Abenlen Ayta: kataw
• Greater Central Philippine
  • Central Philippine
    • Mansaka
      • Mansaka: kasaw
    • Visayan
      • Masbatenyo: katsaw
      • Romblomanon: kāsaw
      • Tausug: kasaw
  • Danao
    • Maranao: kasaw
    • Maguindanao: kasaw
  • Manobo
    • Ata Manobo: gos-ow
    • Agusan Manobo: 'gas-ow
    • Western Bukidnon Manobo: gasew
  • Palawanic
    • Brooke's Point Palawano: kasew
  • Gorontalo–Mongondow
    • Mongondow: kataw
• Kalamian
  • Agutaynen: kataw
• South Mindanao
  • Tiruray: kesew
• Sangiric
  • Sangir: kaso
• Minahasan
  • Tonsawang: kaso
  • Tontemboan: kaso

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kasaw₁