Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/hawan

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms 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): /hawan/

Noun

*hawan

(Western Malayo-Polynesian) atmosphere (gases surrounding the Earth)

Descendants

Western Malayo-Polynesian
- Borneo-Philippine
  - Proto-Philippine
    - Greater Central Philippine
      - Central Philippine
        Proto-Visayan
        Cebuano: hawan (“a void, clear area”)
- Sunda-Sulawesi
  - Malayo-Sumbawan
    - Malayo-Chamic
      - Proto-Malayic: *awan
        Brunei Malay: awan
        Malay: awan
        Indonesian: awan
- Malagasy: avana (“rainbow”)

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hawan