Reconstruction:Proto-Nuclear Polynesian/wai
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun edit
*wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
Descendants edit
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *wai
- Samoic–Outlier