Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/patu

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 *batu.

Noun

*patu

1. stone (substance; small piece of stone)

Descendants

• Fijian: vatu
• Proto-Polynesian: *fatu
  • Hawaiian: haku
  • Maori: whatu
  • Niuean: patu
• Southern Oceanic
  • Vurës: vet
  • Big Nambas: nav'et

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *patu

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