Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pasok

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 *pasek (“wooden nail, dowel”)

Verb

*pasok

1. to plant (crops)

Descendants

• Gabadi: vago
• Gitua: vazok
• Motu: hado
• Mota: was
• Proto-Micronesian: *faSo, *faSo-ki
  • Mokilese: poadok
  • Woleaian: fat
• Tawala: wago

References

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