Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pale

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-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

*pale

house (adobe)
hall (a meeting room)
canoe shed
storehouse

Descendants

Fijian: vale
Proto-Polynesian: *fale
- Niuean: fale
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    - Hawaiian: hale
    - Mangarevan: hare
    - Maori: whare
      - → English: whare
    - Rapa Nui: hare
    - Tahitian: fare
    - North Marquesan: haʻe
    - South Marquesan: faʻe
  - Rennellese: hage
  - Samoan: fale
  - Tokelauan: fale
  - Tuvaluan: fale
- Tongan: fale