Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)qasiN

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ma)ʔaçilʲ/, /(ma)qaçilʲ/

Adjective

*(ma-)qasiN

salty (tasting of salt)

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)qasin
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Central Malayo-Polynesian
    - Timor-Babar
      - Nuclear Timor
        East Timor
        Tetumic
        Tetum: asin
- Western Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)qasin
  - Philippine
    - Greater Central Philippine
      - Central Philippine
        Tagalog: asin
        
        Visayan
        Central Visayan
        Peripheral Visayan
        Hiligaynon: asín
  - Malayo-Sumbawan
    - Malayo-Chamic
      - Proto-Malayic: *(mA-)hasin
        Malayan
        Malay: asin / masin / اسين / ماسين
        Indonesian: asin

- - - Javanese: asin

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qasiN

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