Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fatu

This Proto-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Noun

*fatu

1. stone

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: haku
      • Mangarevan: atu
      • North Marquesan: hatu
    • Rapa Nui: hatu
    • Tahitic:
      • Maori: whatu
      • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
      • Rarotongan: ‘atu
      • Tahitian: fatu
      • Tuamotuan: fatu
  • Samoic–Outlier:
    • Ellicean:
      • Kapingamarangi: hadu
      • Nuguria: hatu
      • Nukuoro: hadu
      • Sikaiana: hatu
      • Takuu: fatu, hatu
      • Tuvaluan: fatu
    • Futunic:
      • Anuta: patu
      • East Futuna: fatu
      • Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
      • Mele-Fila: fatu
      • Pukapukan: watu
      • Tikopia: fatu
      • West Uvean: fatu
    • Samoic:
      • Samoan: fatu
      • Tokelauan: fatu
• Tongic:
  • Niuean: patu
  • Tongan: fatu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.

Verb

*fatu

1. to weave; to plait

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: haku
      • North Marquesan: hatu
      • South Marquesan: fatu
    • Rapa Nui: hatu
    • Tahitic:
      • Maori: whatu
      • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
      • Rarotongan: ‘atu
      • Tahitian: fatu
      • Tuamotuan: fatu
  • Samoic–Outlier:
    • Ellicean:
      • Nuguria: hatu
      • Nukuoro: hadu
      • Sikaiana: hatu
      • Tuvaluan: fatu
    • Futunic:
      • East Futuna: fatu
      • Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
      • Pukapukan: watu
      • Tikopia: fatu
    • Samoic:
      • Samoan: fatu
      • Tokelauan: fatu
• Tongic:
  • Tongan: fatu

Further reading

• Blust, R., Trussel, S. (2010–) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition‎^[1]
• Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “Proto-Polynesian/fatu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online