Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/kahiw

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

*kahiw

wood; tree

Descendants

Batanic:
- Yami: kayo
Greater Central Philippine:
- Central Philippine:
  - Bikol:
    - Coastal Bikol:
      - Bikol Central: kahoy
  - Bisayan:
    - Cebuano: kahoy
    - Central Bisayan:
      - Hiligaynon: kahoy
    - Southern Bisayan:
      - Tausug: kahuy
    - Western Bisayan:
      - Aklanon: kahoy
  - Mansakan:
    - Mandaya:
      - Mansaka: kaoy
  - Tagalog: kahoy
- Manobo:
  - North Manobo:
    - Binukid: kayu
- Danao:
  - Maranao: kayo
- Palawanic:
  - Palawan Batak: kayo
- South Mangyan:
  - Hanunoo: kayu
Northern Luzon:
- Cagayan Valley:
  - Ibanagic:
    - Itawit: kayu
- Ilocano: kayo
- Meso-Cordilleran:
  - Southern Cordilleran:
    - West Southern Cordilleran:
      - Pangasinan: kiew
- Northeastern Luzon
  - Dumagat
    - Dupaningan Agta: kayu
  - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kayo
Sangiric:
- Sangir: kalu
Southern Mindanao:
- Tiruray: kayew