Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tawa

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 *Cawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tawa/

Verb

*tawa

1. (intransitive) to laugh (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

Descendants

• Central Philippine
  • Tagalog: tawa (“laughter”)
  • Visayan
    • Tausug: katawa
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malay: tawa
    • Indonesian: tawa