Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ka-)wiʀi

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

*ka- +‎ *wiʀi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ka)wiʀi/, /(ka)wiri/

Adjective

*(ka-)wiʀi

left (the west side of the body when one is facing north)
Antonym: *(ka-)wanan

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Sumba–Flores:
    - Bima: ku'i
    - Mamboru: kalí
    - Laboya: kalí
  - Timor–Babar:
    - Bilba: ki
    - Termanu: ki
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic: *kawiʀi
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic: *kauʀi
      - Proto-Polynesian: *kauii
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Nuguria: kaihi
        
        Tahitic:
        Cook Islands Maori:
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: kāui
        
        Rarotongan: kauī, kauvī
        
        Tongarevan: kauī
        
        French Polynesia:
        Rapa: kaui
        
        Tahitian: ʻaui
        
        Tuamotuan: kāui
    - Western Oceanic:
      - Keapara: auli
      - Motu: kauri
      - Sinaugoro: kauli
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Borneo-Philippine:
  - Greater Barito:
    - East Barito:
      - Ma'anyan: kawi
      - Malagasy: havia
    - Sama-Bajaw:
      - Inabaknon: kawiri
      - Mapun: kayli, kili
      - Pangutaran Sama: kai
  - Proto-Philippine:
    - Batanic:
      - Yami: kaozi
    - Central Luzon:
      - Kapampangan: kaili
    - Northern Luzon:
      - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: kawihe
      - Limos Kalinga: kawigi
    - Minahasan:
      - Tonsea: kawii
    - Sangiric:
      - Bantik: kuihi
      - Sangil: ka'iri
      - Sangir: kaihi
- Celebic:
  - Pamona: kaii
- Moklenic:
  - Moken: ʔeloy
  - Moklen: kaːləi
- Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi:
  - Lampungic:
    - Abung: kirei
    - Komering: kiʁi
    - Lampung Api: kiri
  - Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    - Bali–Sasak:
      - Sasak: kiri
    - Proto-Malayic: *(ka-)iri
      - Malay: kiri
        Indonesian: kiri
      - Urak Lawoi': กีรี (kiri)
  - Old Javanese: keri
  - Proto-South Sulawesi:
    - Makasar: kairi
    - Tae': kairi