Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/daya

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /daja/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *daya.

Adjective

*daya

landward
upstream

Descendants

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Oceanic: *raya
    - Polynesian:
      - Hawaiian: lae (“headland”)
      - Maori: rae (“headland”)
Borneo-Philippine:
- Philippine:
  - Ilocano: dáya (“east”)
Sunda-Sulawesi:
- Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Malayo-Chamic:
    - Malayic:
      - Malay: daya
        Indonesian: daya

Verb

*daya

to trick (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Descendants

Philippine:
- Hiligaynon: dáyà
- Tagalog: daya
Malayo-Sumabawan:
- Malay: daya
  - Indonesian: daya
- Sundanese: daya