Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/puət

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

Noun

*puət

1. buttocks

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Central Philippine
    • Tagalog: puwit
  • Danao
    • Maranao: poit
• North Bornean
  • North Sarawakan
    • Kelabit: puet
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic: *puət (“female genital”)
    • Banjarese: puut
    • Malay: amput (with prothesis)
      • Indonesian: amput

References

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