Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/naNaq

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

Noun

*naNaq

pus

Descendants

Atayalic
- Taroko: nalaq
Northern Formosan
- Saisiyat: nani'
- Thao: nazaq
East Formosan
- ⇒ Kavalan: kunani
Rukai: nana
Bunun: nanah
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *nanaq
- Central Philippine
  - Visayan
    - Tausug: nana
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Malay: nanah

References

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