Reconstructions

Note

Also Maranao wani ‘Mangifera odorata Griff.’. Chowning (1963) reconstructs "PMel" *wai ‘Mangifera indica’. Since PMP *pahuq evidently referred to the Mangifera indica, I assume that PMP *wai designated other varieties, although *wai may well have become a generic term in POc. Tsuchida (1977) attributes Tsou suai, Bunun (Ishbukun) suaiʔ ‘mango’ to borrowing from Southern Minangkabau soai-a. If the direction of borrowing was the reverse of that assumed by Tsuchida, however, these forms, in conjunction with the above cognate set, may indicate a PAn etymon *Suai.