Appendix:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)tuqah

This entry contains Proto-Malayo-Polynesian reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /(ma)tuʔah/, /(ma)tuqah/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqah

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

• Hawaiian: makua
• Indonesian: tua
• Malay: tua, tuha
• Maori: matua
• Niuean: motua
• Rapa Nui: matu'a
• Rarotongan: matua
• Samoan: matuā
• South Marquesan: motua
• Tahitian: metua
• Tongan: motuʻa
• Wallisian: matua