Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/puət

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

Noun

*puət

buttocks

Descendants

Philippine
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: puwit
- Danao
  - Maranao: poit
North Bornean
- North Sarawakan
  - Kelabit: puet
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic: *puət (“female genital”)
  - Banjarese: puut
  - Malay: amput (with prothesis)
    - Indonesian: amput

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *puet.