Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qaʀuas

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Noun edit

*qaʀuas

young growth stage of mullet

Descendants edit

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: aguás
  - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: agwas
- Central Luzon
  - Tagalog: agwás
Chamorro: åguas
Oceanic
- Admiralty Islands
  - Seimat: au
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
  - Southern Oceanic
    - Dumbea: kava
  - Micronesian
    - Gilbertese: aua
    - Woleaian: yaiuw
  - Proto-Polynesian: *qaua
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: ’aua
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Samoic–Outlier
        Pukapukan: aua
        Samoan: aua
        Tokelauan: aua
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Maori: aua

External links edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaRuas