Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/uaua

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

Reduplication of *ua, from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.

Noun

*uaua

1. vein; artery; tendon; sinew

Descendants

• Tongic
  • Tongan: uoua
• Samoic–Outlier
  • Ellicean
    • Tuvaluan: uaua
    • Kapingamarangi: uaua
    • Nukuoro: uaua
  • Samoic
    • Samoan: uaua
    • Tokelauan: uaua
• Eastern Polynesian
  • Marquesic
    • Hawaiian: uaua
    • Mangarevan: ùaùa
    • North Marquesan: uaua
  • Tahitic
    • Tahitian: uaua
    • Rarotongan: uaua
    • Maori: uaua
  • Rapa Nui: ûaûa

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *huRaC.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “UA.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online