Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/tabaN

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

*tabaN

head trophy (trophy taken in headhunting)

Descendants

East Formosan
- Kavalanic
  - Kavalan: taban (“head trophy”)
- Ami
  - Amis: tafad (“a disembodied head gotten in headhunting or war”)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *taban (“booty, war captive; what is taken in war; elopement, captured bride”)
- Philippine
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Tagalog: tában
      - Bikol Central: tában
      - Visayan
        Cebuano: tában
        Aklanon: tában
        Hiligaynon: tában
        Tausug: taban
      - Mansakan
        Mansaka: taban
        Tagakaulu Kalagan: taban
    - Danao
      - Maguindanao: taban
      - Maranao: taban
    - Manobo
      - Ata Manobo: taban
      - Western Bukidnon Manobo: tavan
    - Palawanic
      - Brooke's Point Palawano: taban
      - Aborlan Tagbanwa: taban
  - Kalamian
    - Agutaynen: taban
  - South Mindanao
    - Tiruray: taban
- Barito
  - Sama–Bajaw
    - Yakan: taban
    - Mapun: taban
  - East Barito
    - Malagasy: tavana
  - West Barito
    - Ngaju: tawan
- North Bornean
  - North Sarawakan
    - Dayic
      - Kelabit: taban
      - Lun Bawang: taban
  - Central Sarawakan
    - Melanau–Kajang
      - Central Melanau: taban
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  - Batak
    - Karo Batak: taban
    - Dairi Batak: taban
    - Toba Batak: taban
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Malayic
    - Iban: taban
    - Malay: tawan
      - Indonesian: tawan
  - Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    - Balinese: taban
    - Sasak: taban
- Old Javanese: tawan
- Celebic
  - Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *tawaN

References

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