Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/(i-)aku

This Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Central-Eastern Malayo-PolynesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

PronounEdit

*(i-)aku

I (personal pronoun)
me (direct object of a verb)
me (object of a preposition)
me (indirect object of a verb)
my (belonging to me)

DescendantsEdit

Timor-Babar
- Nuclear Timor
  - East Timor
    - Tetumic
      - Tetum: ha'u
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
- Oceanic: *(i-)au
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic
    - East Fijian
      - Fijian: au
    - Polynesian: *au
      - Nuclear Polynesian
        Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: au / wau / a'u
        Rapa Nui: au
        Tahitic
        Maori-Moriori
        Maori: au / ahau / aku
        Tahitian: au / vau
        Tuvaluan: au / -ku
        Samoan-Tokelauan
        Samoan: aʻu
        Tokelauan: au
      - Tongic
        Niuean: au / -ku
        Tongan: au / ou
    - West Fijian – Rotuman
      - Rotuman: gou

External linksEdit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku