Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/baqbaq

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

Compare Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”), whence Thai ปาก (bpàak).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baʔbaʔ/, /baqbaq/

Noun

*baqbaq

mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

Descendants

Philippine
- Cebuano: baba
Barito
- Malagasy: vava
South Sulawesi
- bawa
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Proto-Oceanic: *papaq
  - Hawaiian: waha
  - Maori: waha

References

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

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