Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/SapSap

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

Etymology

Unknown, probably a reduplication of *Sap (“finger, hand”).

Doublet of *kapkap.

Verb

*SapSap

  1. to feel, to grope

Descendants

  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *haphap

References

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