Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/(i-)au

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

*(i-)au

1. I

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Oceanic
  • East Fijian
    • Fijian: au
  • Proto-Polynesian: *au
    • Nuclear Polynesian
      • Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        • Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
          • Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
            • Eastern Polynesian
              • Marquesic
                • Hawaiian: au / wau / a'u
              • Rapa Nui: au
              • Tahitic
                • Maori-Moriori
                  • Maori: au / ahau / aku
                • Tahitian: au / vau
          • Tuvaluan: au / -ku
      • Samoan-Tokelauan
        • Samoan: aʻu
        • Tokelauan: au
    • Tongic
      • Niuean: au / -ku
      • Tongan: au / ou
  • West Fijian – Rotuman
    • Rotuman: gou

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *au