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*maNaŋ sharp

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PAN *maNaŋ sharp

Formosan
Pazeh	ka-malaŋ	sharp (blade)
	k<in>a-mala-malaŋ	very sharp
Kavalan	manaŋ	sharp (point, blade)

Note: Also Kavalan maŋan ‘sharp (point, blade)’, presumably with metathesis.

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*maqaw a plant: Litsea cubeba (Lour.)

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PAN *maqaw a plant: Litsea cubeba (Lour.)

Formosan
Atayal (Mayrinax)	maqaw	a plant: Litsea cubea
Saisiyat	maʔaw	a plant: Litsea cubea
Thao	maqaw	Litsea cubea (Lour.) Pers., fam. Lauraceae, a plant with long branching stems and pale yellow blossoms (Taiwanese ‘sand camphor’, ‘spicy camphor’)
Puyuma (Pinan)	maʔaw	an alder, Alnus formosana
Paiwan	maqaw	an alder, Alnus japonica

Note: Also Rukai (Mantauran) amaw (with metathesis of the first and second consonants), Amis paqaw ‘black alder’. This comparison was first noted by Li (1994).

TOP mu

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*mumu Formosan blind mole: Talpa micrura insularis (Swinhoe)

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PAN *mumu Formosan blind mole: Talpa micrura insularis (Swinhoe)

Formosan
Thao	mumu	Formosan blind mole: Talpa micrura insularis (Swinhoe); a dark grayish to black purblind mammal with projecting snout, strong forelimbs, and atrophied rear limbs that forages for worms by burrowing in the ground with its strong forelimbs
	mia-mumu	close the eyes
	pish-mumu	blink
Kavalan	mummu	mole (animal)

Note: The gemination in Kavalan mummu is unexplained, but this form may reflect earlier *mumumu, with partial reduplication.

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Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition
Robert Blust and Stephen Trussel
www.trussel2.com/ACD
2010: revision 6/21/2020
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