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-waŋ -wit

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*-waŋ wide-open space

PMP	*awaŋ	atmosphere, space between earth and sky
PWMP	*bawaŋ	open expanse of land or water
PMP	*gawaŋ	gate
PWMP	*kawaŋ	apart, separated
PAN	*lawaŋ	passageway
PWMP	*rawaŋ	open space
PMP	*sawaŋ	atmosphere, distance
PWMP	*tawaŋ	clearly visible
Motu	gadava	space between the legs, toes and fingers
Kayan	jawaŋ	large-sized mesh of net
Malay	kerawaŋ	openwork, a' jour design
Manggarai	lewaŋ	space between the teeth; doorway
Malay	léwaŋ	empty space
Mongondow	ŋawaŋ	atmosphere, space
Amis	ʔadawaŋ	gateway

-waŋ -wit

30124

*-wit hook shaped

PWMP	*banuit	fishhook
PWMP	*kalawit	hook
PAN	*kawit	to hook
PMP	*lawit	hook
PWMP	*ruit	barbed; sharp
PWMP	*sawit	barb
Malay	(h)uit	barb
Isneg	balawít	an arrow with an iron head; it has three barbs on one side, none on the other
Isneg	bannuwét	a large fishhook, some two inches long, often baited with locusts
Isneg	bilawít	an arrow and a spear whose iron head has two barbs, one on either side, but asymmetrical, one of them being cut at a higher level than the other
Mansaka	biŋwit	catch with hook and line
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	bunuwit	fishhook
Ifugaw	buŋwit	fish with small hook and line
Tagalog	dukwít	taken out or off by a hooked tool
Kelabit	keluit	fishhook
Amis	korawit	grasp or pull in with a hook
Toba Batak	rait	hook
Kankanaey	sakuít	hang, hang upon, hook, catch, catch in
Kankanaey	sokláwit	hang (blanket, etc.) on something more or less pointed

Due to the predictability of a transitional glide, -wit following *u is written -it.

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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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