Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/sayaw

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

Verb

*sayaw

to dance
to jump, to leap

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: sáyaw
  - Central Bontoc: sáyaw
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: sayaw
    - Bikol Central: sayaw
    - Bisayan
      - Cebuano: sayaw
  - Manobo
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: sayew
  - Danao
    - Maranao: sayaw
North Bornean
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Dusunic
    - Central Dusun: sayau
    - Coastal Kadazan: sazau
    - Momogun
      - Rungus: sazau
      - Kimaragang: sayaw
      - Tobilung: sayau
  - Murutic
    - Timugon Murut: sayau
- North Sarawakan
  - Kenyah
    - Eastern Penan: sayau
Proto-South Sulawesi: *sayo
Celebic
- Kaili–Pamona
  - Uma: hajo

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*sayaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa