Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tawa

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

From Proto-Austronesian *Cawa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tawa/

Verb

*tawa

(intransitive) to [[laugh] (show mirth by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face and emission of sounds)

Descendants

Central Philippine
- Tagalog: tawa (“laughter”)
- Visayan
  - Tausug: katawa
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malay: tawa
  - Indonesian: tawa