Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kutu

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Noun

*kutu

1. louse (insect)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine: *kutu (see there for further descendants)
• Basap–Greater Barito
  • Sama-Bajaw
    • Yakan: kutu
    • Mapun: kutu
    • West Coast Bajau: kutu
  • Basap: kutu
  • Mahakam
    • Tunjung: kutu
  • East Barito
    • Ma'anyan: kutu
    • Dusun Witu: kutu
• North Bornean
  • Northeast Sabahan
    • Bonggi: kutu
    • Ida'an: kutu
  • Southwest Sabahan
    • Dusunic
      • Central Dusun: kutu
      • Rungus: kutu
      • Tobilung: kutu
    • Paitanic
      • Upper Kinabatangan: kutu
    • Murutic
      • Timugon Murut: kutu
  • North Sarawakan
    • Bintulu: kutau
    • Berawan–Lower Baram
      • Berawan: kuttoh
    • Kenyah
      • Bakung: kutu
      • Eastern Penan: guteu
  • Central Sarawakan
    • Central Melanau: kutou
    • Kanowit: kutou
• Malayo-Chamic
  • Proto-Chamic: *kutɔw
  • Proto-Malayic: *kutu (see there for further descendants)
• Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  • Balinese: kutu
  • Sasak: gutu
  • Sumbawa: gutu
• Sundanese: kutu
• Madurese: koto
• Javanese: kutu
• South Sulawesi
  • Buginese: utu
• Chamorro: hutu
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Bima: hudu
• Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Halmahera-Cenderawasih
    • Buli (Indonesia): ut
  • Proto-Oceanic: *kutu (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *kuCu