Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/toŋo

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

From Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.

Noun

*toŋo

1. mangrove (Bruguiera or Rhizophora spp.)

Descendants

• Nuclear Polynesian
  • Samoic–Outlier
    • Ellicean
      • Nukuoro: donga
      • Sikaiana: tono
      • Takuu: tono
      • Tuvaluan: togo
    • Futunic
      • East Futuna: togo
      • Emae: togo
      • Futuna-Aniwa: togo
      • West Uvean: tongo
    • Samoic
      • Samoan: togo
      • Tokelauan: togo
  • Eastern Polynesian
    • Marquesic
      • Mangarevan: togotogo
• Tongic
  • Tongan: tongo
  • Niuean: togo

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *teŋeR.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “togo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online