Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Cau

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.

*Cau

1. person

• Formosan (geographic):
  • Eastern Formosan
    • Sirayaic:
      • Siraya: tau
  • Northern Formosan
    • Northwestern Formosan:
      • Pazeh: sau
  • Western Plains Formosan
    • Thao: thau
    • Central Western Plains Formosan:
      • Papora: sō
  • Puyuma: taw
  • Tsouic:
    • Tsou: cou
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tau
  • Central Philippine
    • Tagalog: tao
    • Bikol
      • Bikol Central: tawo
    • Danao
      • Maranao: tao
    • Mansakan
      • Mansaka: tau
    • Visayan
      • Cebuano: tawo
      • Hiligaynon: tao
      • Tausug: tau
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: tao
• →? Japonic:
  • →? Old Japanese: 贈於 (So)^[1]

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cau