Reconstruction:Proto-Nuclear Polynesian/ae

This Proto-Nuclear 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-Nuclear Polynesian

Particle

*a(a)e

1. yes; affirmative; agreed

Descendants

• Marquesas: ʻaʻe
• Hawaiian: ʻae
• Tahitian: ʻae
• Niuean: ae
• Rapa Nui: ae
• Pileni: ae
• Marquesas: ae
• Maori: āe
• Rarotongan: āe
• Tuvaluan: āē

Related terms

• *ee