Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/damʷa

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Noun

*damʷa

1. forehead

Descendants

• Gitua: damo
• Manam: damʷa
• Proto-Micronesian: *camwa
  • Mokilese: soamw
  • Pohnpeian: tahmw
• Sudest: amwa
• Wogeo: damwa
• Wuvulu-Aua: xawa

References

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