Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

*ka- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/

Adjective

*(ka-)wiʀi

  1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
    Antonym: *(ka-)wanan

Descendants

  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Sumba–Flores:
      • Timor–Babar:
        • Bilba: ki
        • Termanu: ki
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
          • Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
            • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Tahitic:
              • Cook Islands Maori:
                • Rakahanga-Manihiki: kāui
                • Rarotongan: kauī, kauvī
                • Tongarevan: kauī
              • French Polynesia:
                • Rapa: kaui
                • Tahitian: ʻaui
                • Tuamotuan: kāui
        • Western Oceanic:
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Greater Barito:
      • East Barito:
      • Sama-Bajaw:
        • Inabaknon: kawiri
        • Mapun: kayli, kili
        • Pangutaran Sama: kai
    • Proto-Philippine:
      • Batanic:
        • Yami: kaozi
      • Central Luzon:
      • Northern Luzon:
        • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kawihe
        • Limos Kalinga: kawigi
      • Minahasan:
        • Tonsea: kawii
      • Sangiric:
    • Celebic:
      • Pamona: kaii
    • Moklenic:
      • Moken: ʔeloy
      • Moklen: kaːləi
    • Lampungic:
      • Abung: kirei
      • Komering: kiʁi
      • Lampung Api: kiri
    • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Old Javanese: kiri, keri, kiwa
      • Javanese: ꦏꦶꦮ (kiwa, “left”)
        • → Banjarese: kiwa (“left”)
        • → Sundanese: kiwa (“left”)
      • → Balinese: kiwa (“left”)
    • Proto-South Sulawesi:

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