Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/paŋudaN

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): /paŋudalʲ/

Noun

*paŋudaN

1. the screw pines; Pandanus spp.

Descendants

The medial vowel -u- was irregularly lost mainly in Malayo-Polynesian branch, but also in Formosan languages Atayal, Kanakanabu, Kavalan, and Saisiyat.

• Atayal: pangran, pngran
• Bunun: panada
• Kanakanabu: pangʉtanʉ, pangtan
• Kavalan: panɡzan
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *paŋdan (see there for further descendants)
• Paiwan: pangudalj, panguralj
• Puyuma: pangudralr
• Rukai: pangudrale
• Saaroa: pangʉtahlʉ
• Saisiyat: pangrang
• Thao: panadan

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *paŋudaN
• Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications