Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)tuqah

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 *(ma-)tuqaS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ma)tuʔah/, /(ma)tuqah/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqah

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

• Western Indonesian
  • Greater North Borneo
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Malayic
        • Malay: tua, tuha
          • Brunei Malay: tua, tuha
          • Indonesian: tua
  • Old Javanese: tuha
    • Javanese: ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa)

• Hawaiian: makua
• Maori: matua
• Niuean: motua
• Rapa Nui: matu'a
• Rarotongan: matua
• Samoan: matuā
• South Marquesan: motua
• Tahitian: metua
• Tongan: motuʻa
• Wallisian: matua

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tuqaS