Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/hawan

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hawan/

Noun

*hawan (Western Malayo-Polynesian)

1. atmosphere (gases surrounding the Earth)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Cebuano: hawan (“a void, clear area”)
• Old Javanese: awan (“midday, noon”)
  • Javanese: ꦲꦮꦤ꧀ (awan)
• Malayo-Chamic
  • Proto-Malayic: *awan (“cloud”)
    • Brunei Malay: awan
    • Malay: awan
      • Indonesian: awan
• Barito
  • Malagasy: avana (“rainbow”)

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hawan