Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/saku-layaʀ

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

*saku (“needlefish”) +‎ *layaʀ (“sail”).

Noun

*saku-layaʀ

1. swordfish

Descendants

• Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Fordata: sulaar
• East Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Palauan: tekrár
• Oceanic:
  • Fijian: saku
  • Hawaiian: aʻu
  • Mokilese: daklar
  • Pohnpeian: dekilahr
  • Puluwat: taak, Puluwat: taakúlaaŕ
  • Samoan: saʻu, Samoan: saʻulā
  • Tongan: haku, Tongan: hakulā
  • Yapese: thoglaar

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *saku-layaR.