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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Etymology
*ka- + *wiʀi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/
Adjective
*(ka-)wiʀi
- 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
- Sumba–Flores:
- 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
- Cook Islands Maori:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
- Western Oceanic:
- Keapara: auli
- Motu: kauri
- Sinaugoro: kauli
- Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
- Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
- Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Borneo-Philippine:
- Greater Barito:
- East Barito:
- Ma'anyan: kawi
- Malagasy: havia
- Sama-Bajaw:
- Inabaknon: kawiri
- Mapun: kayli, kili
- Pangutaran Sama: kai
- East Barito:
- 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
- Batanic:
- Greater Barito:
- 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)
- Malay: kiri
- Bali–Sasak:
- Old Javanese: keri
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
- Makasar: kairi
- Tae': kairi
- Lampungic:
- Borneo-Philippine:
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *wiRi