Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/gayaŋ

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

Noun

*gayaŋ

hunting spear

Descendants

Paiwan: gayang (“hunting spear with detachable harpoon-like barbed iron point”)
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *gayaŋ
- Philippine
  - Batanic
    - Itbayaten: gayang (“spear, harpoon”)
  - Northern Luzon
    - Ilocano: gayáng
    - Meso-Cordilleran
      - Central Bontoc: gayáng
    - Northeastern Luzon
      - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: gayáng
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Tagalog: gayáng
      - Visayan
        Cebuano: gayáng
        Tausug: gayang
    - Danao
      - Maranao: gayang
    - Gorontalo–Mongondow
      - Mongondow: gayang
- North Bornean
  - Southwest Sabahan
    - Dusunic
      - Central Dusun: gayang
        → Sabah Malay: gayang
      - Coastal Kadazan: gazang
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Malayic
    - Iban: gayang
- South Sulawesi
  - Northern
    - Tae': gaang
  - Bugis–Tamanic
    - Buginese: gajang (ᨁᨍ)
  - Makassaric
    - Makasar: gayang (ᨁᨐ)

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *gayaŋ.