Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qatulay

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*qatulay

bigeye scad (Trachurops crumenophthalmus)

Descendants

Sama–Bajaw
- Central Sama: tulay
  - →? Malay: tulai
Chamorro: atulai
Palauan: chedui
Oceanic
- Western Oceanic
  - Tawala: atule
  - Molima: ʔatune
- Central–Eastern Oceanic
  - Micronesian
    - Puluwat: yawúúl
  - Central Pacific
    - Rotuman: afule
    - Polynesian: *qatule
      - Tongic
        Tongan: ʻotule
        
        Niuean: atule
      - Nuclear Polynesian
        Samoic–Outlier
        Ellicean
        Kapingamarangi: adule
        
        Tuvaluan: atule
        
        Futunic
        Anuta: ature
        
        Futuna-Aniwa: eture
        
        Samoic
        Samoan: atule
        
        Tokelauan: atule
        
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: akule
        
        Mangarevan: eture
        
        North Marquesan: etuʻe
        
        Tahitic
        Tahitian: ature
        
        Rarotongan: ‘ature
        
        Tuamotuan: ature
        
        Rapa Nui: ature

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qatulay.
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QATULE”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online