Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/huʀaC

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed words 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): /huʀat͡s/

Noun

*huʀaC

vein, blood vein
artery, blood vessel
muscle
nerve
sinew, tendon

Descendants

Formosan
- Northern Formosan
  - Atayalic
    - Seediq: ulat (“muscle, nerve, vein”)
- Northwestern Formosan
  - Pazeh: huhas (“blood vessel, vein”)
- Eastern Formosan
  - Amis: olat (“tendons, blood vessels”)
- Tsou: veocʉ
- Paiwan: wats (“vein, sinew”)
- Puyuma: uraT
Malayo-Polynesian: *uʀat
- Philippine
  - Northern Philippine
    - Northern Luzon
      - Ilokano: urat
      - Ifugao: ulat
    - Central Luzon
      - Kapampangan: uyat
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: ugat (“vein, root, origin”)
    - Bikol languages
      - Coastal Bikol
        Bikol: ugat
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: ugat
- Bornean
  - North Bornean
    - Southwest Sabahan
      - Dusunic
        Kadazan Dusun: tuat
  - North Sarawakan
    - Kelabit: urat
    - Bintulu: uat
  - Barito
    - East Barito
      - Malagasy: ozatra (“muscle, tendon, sinew”)
- Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
  - Sunda-Sulawesi
    - Malayo-Sumbawan
      - Malayic
        Malayan
        Malay: urat
        Malacca (Riau) Malay
        Indonesian: urat
        Ibanic
        Iban: urat
    - South Sulawesi
      - Makassarese: uraʼ
    - Sunda Islands
      - Moken: olat
    - Palauan: ngurd
    - Chamorro: gugat
  - Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    - Central Malayo-Polynesian
      - Timor-Babar
        Tetumic
        Tetum: uat
        Luangic
        Leti: urta
    - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
      - Oceanic: *uʀat
        St Matthias
        Mussau-Emira
        Mussau: ueta
        Western Oceanic
        Meso-Melanesian
        Patpatar-Tolai
        Tolai: urat
        Micronesian
        Nuclear Micronesian
        Chuukic-Pohnpeic
        Chuukic
        Chuukese: wuwa, wuwó
        Central Pacific
        East Fijian
        Fijian: ua
        Polynesian: *ua
        Eastern Polynesian
        Tahitic
        Maori: ua

References

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *huʀaC
Micronesian Comparative Dictionary — *ua