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

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 *(ka-)wanaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ka)wanan/

Adjective

*(ka-)wanan

1. right (direction)

   Antonym: *(ka-)wiʀi

Descendants

• Ilocano: kannawan
• Indonesian: kanan
• Laboya: kawana
• Kapampangan: uanan
• Malagasy: havanana
• Malay: kanan
• Tagalog: kanan
• ⇒ Old Javanese: tĕṅĕn
  • > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦔꦼꦤ꧀ (tengen) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬢᭂᬗᭂᬦ᭄ (tengen)
  • → Sundanese: ᮒᮨᮍᮨᮔ᮪ (tengen)