Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/naNaq

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

Noun

*naNaq

1. pus

Descendants

• Atayalic
  • Taroko: nalaq
• Northern Formosan
  • Saisiyat: nani'
  • Thao: nazaq
• East Formosan
  • ⇒ Kavalan: kunani
• Rukai: nana
• Bunun: nanah
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *nanaq
  • Central Philippine
    • Visayan
      • Tausug: nana
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • Malay: nanah

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *naNaq.