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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qaNiCu
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Proto-Austronesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qalʲit͡su/, /ʔalʲit͡su/
Noun
*qaNiCu
- ghost (spirit of the dead)
- owl
Descendants
- Amis: hanito
- Atayal: aliyutux, 'aliyutux
- Bunun: hanitu, qanitu
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qanitu (see there for further descendants)
- Puyuma: haɭtu
- Rukai: aɭico
- Saaroa: 'ilhicu, ilhicu
- Sakizaya: dito
- Siraya: litto, litu
- Taivoan: anitu
- Tsou: hicu
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaNiCu