Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taqan

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

Alternative forms

*taqən

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *taqan.

Noun

*taqan

snare trap

Verb

*taqan

to set a snare trap

Descendants

Philippine
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: taan
    - Bikol Central: taan
    - Cebuano: taan
    - Mansaka: taan
  - Manobo
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: taan
  - Danao
    - Maranao: taan
- Minahasan: *taʔan
  - Tontemboan: ta'an
Sama–Bajaw
- Mapun: taan
North Sarawakan
- Lun Bawang: taan
Malayic
- Malay: tahan
  - Indonesian: tahan

Verb

*taqan

to hold back
to keep in reserve

Descendants

Philippine
- Tagalog: taan
Malayic: *tahən
- Iban: tan
- Malay: tahan
  - Indonesian: tahan
  - → Cantonese: 打限 (daa² haan⁶)
  - → English: tahan
  - → Min Nan: 打限 (tá-hān)
- Urak Lawoi': ตาฮัด (tahat)
Old Javanese: tahĕn
- Javanese: tahan
South Sulawesi: *taan
- Toraja-Sa'dan: tanan
- Makasar: tanang

References

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