[An-lang] Etymology of Mussau maotake

[Robert Blust]

Hi again John,

I wonder if this could be mata + vanga?

Best,

Bob

On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 6:00 PM, John Lynch <johnlynch123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> John
>
> Bob replied to you only, not to the list. Your reply to him came back to
> the list, but didn't include anything about what he had said. Do you think
> you could share Bob's suggestion with all of us?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 2:53 PM, John Brownie <john_brownie at sil.org>
> wrote:
>
>> OK, thanks. That's helpful.
>>
>> Another case is matavanga 'open space, clearing'. The best match I can
>> see is actually PWMP, *tawaŋ, but I wonder if that is a plausible
>> connection. I'm looking at reflexes of *ma-, which are very restricted in
>> my data, but this might be one.
>>
>>
>> John
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