taon (Tagalog) tafng year diam, diamdiam (Malay/Indonesian) tiam, tiaxmtiam quiet t, ukt, uk (Proto-Austronesian) thuq to perforate, to excavate Some Taiwanese terms came from the Austronesian Formosan Aboriginal Languages. Aboriginal Word MTL English moa-sat-bak moasatbak, satbaghii woodfish, big milkfish (Chanos chanos) bunglai, onrai onglaai pineapple lapat, biabas , bayabas nafpoat, padar