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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/kuSkuS
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Proto-Austronesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuskus/
Noun
*kuSkuS
- nail (on fingers and toes)
Related terms
- *kaNuSkuS
Descendants
- Bunun: kuskus
- Malayo-Polynesian: *kukuh (see there for further descendants)
- Thao: kuku
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kuSkuS