Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/latoŋ

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

Alternative forms

*salatoŋ, *silatoŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *latəŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *laCəŋ.

Noun

*latoŋ

stinging nettle

Descendants

Admiralty Islands
- Wuvulu-Aua: lala'o
Western Oceanic
- North New Guinea
  - Manam: zalato
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Roviana: jilatongo
  - Marovo: zilatongo
Central-Eastern Oceanic
- Southern Oceanic
  - Mwerlap: ne-silat
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Arosi: darao
  - Bauro: tarao
- Central Pacific
  - Western Fijian: salato
  - Fijian: salato
  - Proto-Polynesian: *salato
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: salato
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Samoic–Outlier
        Ellicean
        Sikaiana: salato
        Takuu: sarato
        Futunic
        Emae: salato
        Tikopia: silato
        Futuna-Aniwa: sirato
        Samoic
        Samoan: salato
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Mangarevan: arato
        Tahitic
        Tahitian: harato

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *laCeŋ.