Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

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

Etymology

*ka- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/

Adjective

*(ka-)wiʀi

1. left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)

   Antonym: *(ka-)wanan

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Sumba–Flores:
      • Bima: ku'i
      • Mamboru: kalí
      • Laboya: kalí
    • Timor–Babar:
      • Bilba: ki
      • Termanu: ki
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
        • Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
          • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Nuguria: kaihi
          • Tahitic:
            • Cook Islands Maori:
              • Rakahanga-Manihiki: kāui
              • Rarotongan: kauī, kauvī
              • Tongarevan: kauī
            • French Polynesia:
              • Rapa: kaui
              • Tahitian: ʻaui
              • Tuamotuan: kāui
      • Western Oceanic:
        • Keapara: auli
        • Motu: kauri
        • Sinaugoro: kauli
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Borneo-Philippine:
    • Greater Barito:
      • East Barito:
        • Ma'anyan: kawi
        • Malagasy: havia
      • Sama-Bajaw:
        • Inabaknon: kawiri
        • Mapun: kayli, kili
        • Pangutaran Sama: kai
    • Proto-Philippine:
      • Batanic:
        • Yami: kaozi
      • Central Luzon:
        • Kapampangan: kaili
      • Northern Luzon:
        • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kawihe
        • Limos Kalinga: kawigi
      • Minahasan:
        • Tonsea: kawii
      • Sangiric:
        • Bantik: kuihi
        • Sangil: ka'iri
        • Sangir: kaihi
  • Celebic:
    • Pamona: kaii
  • Moklenic:
    • Moken: ʔeloy
    • Moklen: kaːləi
  • Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi:
    • Lampungic:
      • Abung: kirei
      • Komering: kiʁi
      • Lampung Api: kiri
    • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
      • Bali–Sasak:
        • Sasak: kiri
      • Proto-Malayic: *(ka-)iri
        • Malay: kiri
          • Indonesian: kiri
        • Urak Lawoi': กีรี (kiri)
    • Old Javanese: keri
    • Proto-South Sulawesi:
      • Makasar: kairi
      • Tae': kairi

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *wiRi