Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/quraŋ

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 *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ.

Noun edit

*quraŋ

shrimp; crayfish; lobster

Descendants edit

Central–Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
  - Fijian: ura
  - Proto-Polynesian: *qura
    - Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: ula
        Mangarevan: ura
        South Marquesan: uʻa
        Rapa Nui: ura
        Tahitic:
        Maori: ura, kōura, uraura, kōuraura
        Rarotongan: kōura
        Tahitian: oura, ‘oura
      - Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Nukuoro: ula
        Takuu: ura
        Tuvaluan: ula
        Futunic:
        Pukapukan: ula
        Futuna-Aniwa: ura
        West Uvean: ula
        Samoic:
        Samoan: ula
        Tokelauan: ula
    - Tongic:
      - Niuean: uo
      - Tongan: uo
  - Rotuman: ura
  - Western Fijian: ura
- Micronesian:
  - Chuukese: wúúr
  - Pohnpeian: uhr
  - Woleaian: iur
- Southeast Solomonic:
  - Bughotu: ura
  - Gela: ura
  - Kwaio: ula
- Southern Oceanic:
  - Mota: ura
  - Vurës: ur
Western Oceanic:
- Motu: ura