ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*asu₁ dog

PAN asu₁ dog ⇫ ¶

Form.
Trobiawan	watsu	dog
Saisiyat	æhœ	dog
Hoanya	atu	dog
Sakizaya	w-acuʔ	dog
Thao	atu	dog
Bunun	asu	dog
Siraya	asu	dog
Proto-Rukai	aθo	dog
WMP
Isneg	áto	dog
Malaweg	asú	dog
Itawis	átu	dog
Bontok	ʔásu	dog
Ifugaw	áhu	dog, hound
Kankanaey	áso	dog, bitch
Ilongot	atu	dog
Casiguran Dumagat	asó	dog; use dogs to track down a wounded pig or deer
Pangasinan	asó	dog
Ilokano	áso	dog, bitch
Sambal (Tina)	aso	dog
Ayta Abellan	aho	dog
Sambal	aso	dog
Ayta Maganchi	aho	dog
Kapampangan	ásu	dog
Tagalog	áso	dog
Jarai	asew	dog
Cham	aθew	dog
Roglai (Northern)	asəw	dog
Tboli	ohu	dog
Maranao	aso	dog
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	asu	dog
Klata	assu	dog
Maguindanao	ásu	dog
Yakan	asu	dog
Bisaya (Lotud)	asu	dog
Kadazan Dusun	t-asu	dog
Minokok	tasu	dog
Belait	asaw	dog
Bisaya	asu	dog
Bisaya (Limbang)	asu	dog
Dali'	asaw	dog
Gayō	asu	dog
Berawan (Long Terawan)	acoh	dog
Berawan (Long Jegan)	acew	dog
Acehnese	aséë	dog
Bintulu	asəw	dog
Kenyah (Long Anap)	asu	dog
Kenyah	asu	dog
Sangir	asu-n sasi	seal
	asu	dog
	asu-ŋ anuʔ	hunting dog
Lahanan	asow	dog
Melanau (Mukah)	asew	dog
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh)	asəw	dog
Melanau Dalat	asəw	dog
Simalur	asu	dog
Toba Batak	asu	dog, a coarse word much used in insults
Iban	asu	hunt, hunting
Malay	gigi asu	canine tooth
Seru	asaw	dog
Tonsea	asu	dog
Maloh	asu	dog
Bukat	asu	dog
Tontemboan	asu	dog; also used of domesticated animals in general
Nias	asu	dog
Kayan	asoʔ	dog
Petapa Taje	asu	dog
Banggai	asu	dog
Kapuas	asuʔ	dog
Bare'e	asu	dog
	mo-asu	hunt with dogs
Dusun Deyah	asu	dog
Tae'	asu	dog
Mandar	asu	dog
Buginese	asu	dog
Makassarese	asu	dog
Lampung	asu	dog
Old Javanese	aŋ-asu	low, vile ('like a dog')
	asu	dog, hound
Javanese	n-asu n-asu	hunt with dogs
	asu	dog
Balinese	asu	dog
Miri	au	dog
Proto-Minahasan	asu	dog
CMP
Soboyo	asu	dog
Sekar	yasi	dog
Alune	asu	dog
Batu Merah	asu	dog
Paulohi	asu	dog
Teluti	wasu	dog
Manipa	asu	dog
Buruese	asu	dog
Hitu	asu	dog
Saparua	asu	dog
Asilulu	asu	dog
Larike	aso	dog
Elat	asu	dog
West Damar	otho	dog
East Damar	ahu	dog
Roma	ahu	dog
Tugun	ahu	dog
Yamdena	asu	dog
	babi-asu	quadrupeds
Erai	asu	dog
Talur	asu	dog
Kisar	ahu	dog
Selaru	as	dog
	asu-re	dog
Luang	ahu	dog
Leti	asu	dog
Kédang	au	dog
Adonara	aho	dog
Solorese	aso	dog
Lamaholot	aho	dog
Manggarai	acu	dog (often used to insult and mock people)
Tetun (Dili)	asu	dog
Galoli	asu	dog
Sika	ʔahu	dog
Kemak	asu	dog
Tetun	asu	dog
	nehan asu	canine tooth
Mambai	ausa	dog
Vaikenu	asu	dog
Anakalangu	asu	dog
Atoni	asu	dog
Kambera	ahu awaŋu	witch ( = heavenly dog)
	ahu	dog
Rotinese	asu	dog (only in ritual language)
Wakasihu	aso	dog
Wetan	ai	dog
Morella	asu	dog

PPh ka-asu canine companion ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ifugaw	káhu	dog
Tontemboan	ka-asu	canine companion

PWMP maŋ-asu hunt with dogs ⇫ ¶

WMP
Sambal (Botolan)	maŋ-aho	hunt for game with a dog
Sambal	maŋ-aho	hunt for game with a dog
Tagalog	maŋ-áso	hunt for game
Melanau (Mukah)	meŋ-asew	hunt using dogs
Simalur	maŋ-asu	hunt with dogs
Iban	ŋ-asu	to hunt, go hunting
Tontemboan	maŋ-asu	hunt with dogs
Banggai	maŋ-asu	hunt with dogs
Tae'	maŋ-asu-i	hunt with dogs
Buginese	maŋ-asu	follow one's heart's desire

PPh paŋ-asu what is hunted (?) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Binukid	paŋ-ásu	hunt with dogs
Tontemboan	paŋ-asu-n	game, what is hunted

Reconstructions

PAN	asu₁	dog
PPh	ka-asu	canine companion
PWMP	maŋ-asu	hunt with dogs
PPh	paŋ-asu	what is hunted (?)

Note

Also Pazeh wazu, Kavalan wasu, Paiwan vatu, Amis waco, Isneg áso, Ma'anyan antahuʔ, Iban asuʔ, Muna dahu ‘dog’. Based on the unexpected glide in Pazeh wazu and apparently corroboratory features in other languages, Dyen (1962) reconstructed PAn *Wasu ‘dog’. However, the data on which he based the reconstruction of *W- in this and certain otehr forms were misinterpreted. The initial consonant in the four Formosan languages cited remains unexplained, but is not confirmed by any extra-Formosan witnesses. In addition, the following observations are noteworthy: