Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/daya

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): /daja/

Adjective

*daya

  1. upriver, toward the interior
    Antonym: *lahud

Descendants

  • Northwest Formosan
    • Saisiyat: raya'
    • Pazeh: daya
  • Western Plains
  • Atayalic
  • East Formosan
  • Bunun: daza
  • Rukai: dhalra
  • Puyuma: draya
  • Paiwan: zaya
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *daya (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*daya”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI