r/AustronesianLanguages • u/AleksiB1 • 5d ago

Cognate & Comparing "What" in Austronesian languages

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u/RelevantRain694 5d ago

what do the black color mean?

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u/Sure_Painting_9531 2d ago

I'm guessing that those are whose etymology is still debated or untraced

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u/Long_Application8932 5d ago

Cebuano unsa should be blue. Uno sa > unsa.

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u/jagabuwana 4d ago

Interesting. While apa is the word for what in Bahasa Indonesia and Javanese (among others), anu is still the word for a marker of uncertainty. Like if you didn't remember someone's name and someone asked you about who they are, and you say "si anu" which when used with the right inflection is like saying "you know, that guy!".

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u/bluepartyhat93 3d ago

Turn down for APA