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

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian 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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronoun edit

*(i-)aku

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Descendants edit

Proto-Oceanic: *(i-)au
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
  - East Fijian
    - Fijian: au
  - Proto-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 links edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku