Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/moana

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

Noun

*moana

1. ocean (sea beyond the reef)

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: moana
      • Mangarevan: moana
      • North Marquesan: moana
      • South Marquesan: moana
    • Tahitic:
      • Maori: moana
      • Rakahanga-Manihiki: moana
      • Rapa: muana
      • Rarotongan: moana
      • Tahitian: moana
      • Tuamotuan: moana
    • Rapa Nui: moana
  • Samoic-Outlier:
    • Ellicean
      • Kapingamarangi: moana
      • Nuguria: moana
      • Nukumanu: moana
      • Nukuoro: moana
      • Pileni: moana
      • Sikaiana: moana
      • Takuu: moana
      • Tuvaluan: moana
    • Futunic:
      • Anuta: moana
      • East Futuna: moana
      • Emae: moana
      • Futuna-Aniwa: moana
      • Mele-Fila: muana
      • Pukapukan: moana
      • Tikopia: moana
      • West Uvean: moana
    • Samoic:
      • Niuatoputapu: moana
      • Samoan: moana
      • Tokelauan: moana
• Tongic:
  • Niuafo'ou: moana
  • Niuean: moana
  • Tongan: moana

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MOANA”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online