ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*qasawa spouse: husband, wife

PAN qasawa spouse: husband, wife ⇫ ¶

Form.
Sakizaya	pa-acawa-ay	matchmaker
	mapa-acawa	to be betrothed
	pa-acawa	to pledge in marriage
	mala-acawa	to marry, get married, become husband and wife
	acawa	spouse: husband, wife
	mala-acawa-ay	to be a married couple
Amis	ʔacawa	child’s spouse, son-in-law or daughter-in-law
WMP
Isneg	atáwa	husband, wife
Malaweg	əsáwa	spouse
Itawis	atáwa	spouse: husband, wife
	m-átawa	husband and wife
	maki-atáwa	to marry, said of girls
Ibanag	atáwa	spouse
Bontok	ʔasáwa	marry; spouse
Ifugaw	aháwa	husband or wife
Kankanaey	asáwa	husband, bridegroom, spouse, wife, bride; mate, counterpart, pendant, fellow, equal, like, match
Casiguran Dumagat	asáwa	spouse: husband, wife
Pangasinan	asawá	spouse; marry
Ilokano	maki-asáwa	to marry, wed, said of women
	asáwa	husband, wife; pendant, one of a pair, match, companion piece, counterpart
Sambal (Botolan)	aháwa	spouse
Sambal	aháwa	spouse
Ayta Maganchi	ahawa	spouse
Kapampangan	asáwa	spouse; (metaphor) one of a pair; like mortar and pestle
Tagalog	asáwa	espouse
Chamorro	asagua	spouse, husband, wife, mate
Hanunóo	ʔasáwa	spouse, i.e. husband or wife
Kalamian Tagbanwa	kasawa	spouse
Aklanon	asáwa	spouse: husband, wife; married (said of a woman)
Hiligaynon	asáwa	wife
Palawan Batak	ʔasáwa	spouse; husband or wife
Cebuano	asáwa	wife; happen to get for a wife, can marry
Molbog	osawa	spouse
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	esawa	spouse
Bonggi	saa	spouse
Mansaka	asawa	wife
Kadazan Dusun	savo	husband, wife; better half
Belait	sabah	wife
Bisaya (Limbang)	sao	wife
Bisaya	sawo	wife
	sao	wife
Kiput	safah	wife
Bintulu	saba	wife
Kelabit	awa-n	spouse
Lahanan	sawa-	spouse
Melanau (Mukah)	sawa lay	husband
Melanau Dalat	sawa	spouse
Melanau (Mukah)	sawa mahew	wife
	sawa	spouse
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh)	sawa	spouse
Tring	awah	spouse
Kayan	hawa-	spouse
	hawaʔ	marriage, a wedding
Tunjung	saga-n	wife
Kapuas	sawa-	wife
Ngaju Dayak	sawae	wife; marriage (from the man's perspective)
Muna	soa	wife
Miri	abah	wife
CMP
Masiwang	sawa-n	spouse
Ujir	sa	spouse
Dobel	yakwa	spouse
Yamdena	sawe	spouse
	sawa-n	his or her spouse
Erai	hoa	to marry
Selaru	sawa-	spouse
Leti	so	spouse
Rotinese	sao	marry; spouse: husband, wife
Moa	sawa	spouse
SHWNG
Numfor	swa	spouse
Kowiai/Koiwai	soa	spouse
Windesi	sawa	husband (or 'man'?; cf. )
OC
Seimat	axoa-	spouse
Aua	aro-	spouse
Tarpia	tawa	husband
Lenkau	asoa-	husband
Lou	asoa-	husband
Lusi	arawa	spouse
Kove	aroa	spouse
Gitua	azua	spouse: husband, wife
Numbami	asowa	spouse
Mekeo (East)	akava	husband
Roro	atawa-	spouse
Ubir	awa	spouse
	awa-	spouse
Mukawa	kawa	spouse
Motu	adava-ia	marry
	adava-	husband, wife
Gapapaiwa	kawa	spouse
Hula	arawa	spouse
Magori	garawa	spouse
Raga	ahoa-	husband
Southeast Ambrym	asou-	spouse
Paamese	asoo-	spouse
Axamb	suo-	wife
	asuo-	husband
Wuvulu	axo-	spouse

PWMP maŋ-qasawa marry, wed ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	maŋ-atáwa	to marry, said of boys
Itawis	maŋ-atáwa	get married
Bontok	maŋ-asáwa	to marry
Ifugaw	maŋ-aháwa	to marry actually
Pangasinan	maŋ-asawá	to marry
Ilokano	maŋ-asáwa	to marry, wed, said of men
Kapampangan	maŋ-asáwa	(old) arrange marriage, (new) have sexual intercourse
Mansaka	maŋ-asawa	to marry
Kayan	ŋe-hawaʔ	marry, wed

PWMP maR-qasawa marry; have a spouse ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	max-atáwa	to marry, said of both sexes
	max-atáwa-da	they are husband and wife
Kapampangan	mi-asáwa	be married
Aklanon	mag-asawá	be husband and wife, be married
Hiligaynon	mag-asáwa	take a wife, marry
Mansaka	mag-asawa	couple; husband and wife; family
Toba Batak	mar-jolma	have a wife
Malay	ber-isteri	(of a man of rank) to be married

PMP pa-qasawa marry off, cause to get married ⇫ ¶

WMP
Casiguran Dumagat	p-asawa	married couple
Cebuano	pa-asáwa	be married off to
Kadazan Dusun	pa-pa-savo	give in marriage; make or let marry (of boy)
Melanau (Mukah)	pe-sawa	marriage
Kayan	pe-hawaʔ	to marry; being married; already married
Ngaju Dayak	pa-sawa	to marry off, as a father marrying off his son
CMP
Watubela	fa-kha	to wed, marry
Yamdena	fa-saw	wedding; carrying out of a wedding

PPh paŋ-qasawa (gloss uncertain) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Casiguran Dumagat	peŋ-asawa	an engaged person
Kapampangan	paŋ-asáwa-n	rape someone
Cebuano	paŋ-asáwa	for men to get married

PPh tala-qasawa married couple ⇫ ¶

WMP
Kapampangan	tala-asáwa	a married person
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	tele-ʔesawa	man and wife, married couple

PWMP q<in>asawa was married to ⇫ ¶

WMP
Bontok	ʔin-ʔasáwa	marry one another (reciprocal)
Melanau (Mukah)	s-en-awa	to have been married to

PPh qasawa-en be married, person married ⇫ ¶

WMP
Bontok	ʔasaw-ən	marry
Ifugaw	ahāwaʔon	the person whom one marries, spouse
Ifugaw (Batad)	ahāwaʔon	the person whom one marries, spouse
Hiligaynon	asáwa-un	take a wife, marry

Reconstructions

PAN	qasawa	spouse: husband, wife
PWMP	maŋ-qasawa	marry, wed
PWMP	maR-qasawa	marry; have a spouse
PMP	pa-qasawa	marry off, cause to get…
PPh	paŋ-qasawa	(gloss uncertain)
PPh	tala-qasawa	married couple
PWMP	q<in>asawa	was married to
PPh	qasawa-en	be married, person married

Note

Also Isneg asáwa ‘husband, wife’, mag-asáwa ‘to marry’, Taboyan sauʔ ‘wife’, Singhi Land Dayak sowe-n ‘wife’, Leti sā ‘marry’, Bonfia sowe-n ‘spouse’, Sekar isawa- ‘spouse’, Tarpia tawa ‘husband’, Lakalai harua- ‘husband’, Wogeo yawa- ‘spouse’, Manam roa ‘husband, wife’, Tongan hoa ‘mate, partner, fellow, other member of a pair, counterpart; husband or wife’, Samoan āvā ‘wife’. Most Oceanic reflexes of *qasawa show an assimilation of *-aw- to -/o/- in this form. However, given the retention of the original three vowels in the Central District languages of southeastern New Guinea (e.g. Motu, Mekeo (East), Roro) it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that this assimilatory change took place independently in a number of widely separated languages. I am grateful to Yen-ling Chen for providing translations from the Sakizaya-Chinese dictionary of Lin (2011).