Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cau

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

Noun

*Cau

person

Descendants

East Formosan
- Sirayaic:
  - Proto-Siraya: *tau
    - Siraya: tau
- Kavalanic:
  - Basay: tau
- Ami:
  - Amis: tao (other people)
Northwest Formosan:
- Pazeh: sau
- Kaxabu: saw
Western Plains Formosan
- Thao: thau
- Central Western Plains Formosan:
  - Papora: sō
  - Babuza: cho
Proto-Puyuma: *ʈau
- Kasavakan Dialect: cau
- Puyuma Dialect: trau
- Makazaya Dialect: trau
- Katratripulr Dialect: trau
Paiwan: caucau
Proto-Tsouic: *cáu
- Kanakanabu: cau
- Saaroa: cucu'u
- Tsou: cou
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tau
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: tao
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: tawo
  - Danao
    - Maranao: tao
  - Mansakan
    - Mansaka: tau
  - Visayan
    - Cebuano: tawo
    - Hiligaynon: tao
    - Tausug: tau
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: tao
→? Japonic:
- →? Old Japanese: 贈於 (So)^[1]

References

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cau

^ Kakubayashi, Fumio, (1998), 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族 Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan, The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, 3, pp.15-31, ISSN 1341-7207

[1] Kakubayashi, Fumio, (1998), 隼人 : オーストロネシア系の古代日本部族 Hayato : An Austronesian speaking tribe in southern Japan, The bulletin of the Institute for Japanese Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, 3, pp.15-31, ISSN 1341-7207

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