Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/baqbaq

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

Compare Proto-Tai *paːkᴰ (“mouth”), whence Thai ปาก (bpàak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʔbaʔ/, /baqbaq/

Noun

*baqbaq

1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Cebuano: baba
• Barito
  • Malagasy: vava
• South Sulawesi
  • bawa
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Proto-Oceanic: *papaq
    • Hawaiian: waha
    • Maori: waha

References

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