Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bañaw

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bañaw

Verb

*bañaw

to wash the body

Descendants

Proto-Philippine
- Batanic
  - Yami-Itbayat
    - Itbayat : vanaw ("idea of washing the hands")
- Northern Luzon
  - South-Central Cordilleran
    - Central Cordilleran
      - Kankanaey: bánaw (“to dip, soak, steep, wet, drench”)
- Central Luzon
  - Sambalic
    - ⇒ Sambali: mibano (“wash the hands”) (from *(ma)-bañaw)
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Phillipine
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: bánaw
      - Western Bisayan
        Aklanon: bánaw
  - Southern Mindoro
    - Hanunoo: banáw

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bañaw