Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qatay

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

From Proto-Austronesian *qaCay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔataj/, /qataj/

Noun

*qatay

  1. liver (organ of the body)

Descendants

  • East Barito:
    • Malagasy: aty
  • North Bornean:
    • Proto-North Sarawak:
  • Proto-Philippine:
  • Sama-Bajaw:
    • West Coast Bajau: atei
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qatay
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qatay
      • Proto-Oceanic: *qate
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
          • Fijian: yate, ate
          • Proto-Polynesian: *qate
            • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
              • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Äiwoo: teaate (with prefix te-)
          • Proto-Micronesian: *ate
            • Nuclear Micronesian:
              • Marshallese: aj (liver, spleen)
              • Kosraean: acs (liver, his liver)
              • Gilbertese: ato
              • Chuukic-Pohnpeic:
                • Proto-Chuukic: *yate
                  • Chuukese: yááyá
                  • Puluwat: yááyá
                  • Carolinian: ásel (his liver)
                  • Satawalese: yááyáán (his liver)
                  • Ulithian-Woleaian:
                    • Woleaian: yaase
                  • Echangese:
                    • Sonsorolese: yaade
                • Pohnpeic:
                  • Pohnpeian: eh (his liver)
                  • Mokilese: oaj (liver, his liver)
    • Tetum: aten
  • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki:
    • Mori Bawah: ate
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Muna-Buton:
  • Old Javanese: hati