Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taʀaq

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taraq/, /taʀaq/

Verb

*taʀaq

to hew wood with an adze

Descendants

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Oceanic:
    - Fijian tā
    - Proto-Polynesian: *taa
      - Nuclear Polynesian:
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: kā
        
        Tahitic:
        Maori: tā
        
        Rarotongan: tā
        
        Ellicean:
        Samoan: tā
        
        Tuvaluan: taa
      - Tongic:
        Niuean: tā
        
        Tongan: tā
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Malayo-Chamic:
    - Proto-Malayic: *tarah
      - Malayan:
        Malay: tarah