Where does “ausa” come from?
ausa (Mambae) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian asu, from Proto-Austronesian asu.
ausa (Mambae): dog
Ancestry of “ausa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | asu | dog |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | asu | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | asu | — |