Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cazəm

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

Adjective

*Cazəm

sharp

Descendants

⇒ Saisiyat: soma:om
East Formosan
- >? Kavalan: tamaz (“sharpen”)
- Amis: talem
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tazəm
- Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: talím
    - Bikol Central: taróm
- Proto-Malayic:
  - Malay: tajam
    - Indonesian: tajam
- South Sulawesi
  - Makasar: tarang
- Celebic
  - Wolio: tada

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.