Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/ʀumaq

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

*ʀumaq

1. house

Descendants

• Western Oceanic
  • Hiri Motu: ruma
• Meso-Melanesian
  • Uneapa: rumaka
  • Muduapa: ruma
• Temotu
  • Teanu: moe
• North–Central Vanuatu *imʷa
  • Lo-Toga: ēn̄we
  • Mwotlap: ēm̄
  • Araki: ima
• New Caledonian
  • Drehu: uma

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Rumaq.