Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/
waqay
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
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/waqaj/
,
/waʔaj/
Noun
*waqay
leg
,
foot
(
part of body
)
Related terms
*qaqay
Descendants
Amis:
wa'ay
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian:
*waqay
Hawaiian:
wae
Kapingamarangi:
vae
Maori:
wae
Samoan:
vae
Tongan:
vaʻe
,
vae
References
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “
*waqay
”, in the CLDF dataset from
The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
(2010–),
→DOI