Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/huʀaC

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): /huʀat͡s/

Noun

*huʀaC

1. vein, blood vein
2. artery, blood vessel
3. muscle
4. nerve
5. sinew, tendon

Descendants

• Northern Formosan
  • Atayalic
    • Taroko: urat (“muscle, nerve, vein”)
  • Northwestern Formosan
    • Saisiyat: kawas (“vein”)
    • Pazeh: huhas (“blood vessel, vein”)
    • Thao: ulhath (“blood vessel, vein”)
• Eastern Formosan
  • Kavalanic
    • Kavalan: uRat (“tendon”)
  • Ami
    • Amis: olat (“tendons, blood vessels”)
    • Sakizaya: ulat (“vein, tendon, blood vessels”)
  • Tsouic
    • Tsou: veocʉ (“blood vessel”)
    • Southern Tsouic
      • Kanakanabu: 'uracʉ (“blood vessel”)
      • Saaroa: 'uracʉ (“blood vessel, vein, tendon”)
  • Bunun: ulat (“blood vessel, vein, tendon”)
  • Rukai: uvace (“vein, tendon”)
  • Puyuma: uratr (“blood vessel, vein, tendon”)
  • Paiwan: uac (“vein, sinew”)
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *uʀat (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *huʀaC