Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kuku

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun edit

*kuku

nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants edit

Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Oceanic:
  - East Fijian-Polynesian:
    - Fijian: kuku
    - Proto-Polynesian: *akikuku, *matikuku, *maqikuku (see there for further descendants)
  - West Fijian-Rotuman:
    - Rotuman: mänʻuʻu
    - Western Fijian: kuku
- Micronesian:
  - Chuukese: kkú
  - Pohnpeian: kihk
  - Woleaian: kiu
- Southeast Solomonic:
  - Gela: gugu
Western Oceanic:
- Nakanai: lakuku
- Numbami: kuku