The history of faunal terms in Austronesian languages.

Oceanic Linguistics | June 1, 2002| | Copyright

This paper offers an overview of reconstructed faunal terms primarily at the Proto-Austronesian, Proto--Malayo-Polynesian, and Proto--Western MalayoPolynesian levels, with some additional reconstructions at lower levels in the Austronesian family tree. The basic division is into domesticated vs. nondomesticated animals, and within the latter category there is a further breakdown into mammals (22 terms), birds (29 terms), reptiles and amphibians (14 terms), creepy-crawly creatures (68 terms), fish (97 terms), and marine invertebrates (41 terms), for a total of 277 etyma, most ...

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