Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taʀaq

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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taʀaq

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *taRaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taraq/, /taʀaq/

Verb

*taʀaq

1. to hew wood with an adze

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Oceanic:
      • Fijian tā
      • Proto-Polynesian: *taa
        • Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Eastern Polynesian:
            • Marquesic:
              • Hawaiian: kā
            • Tahitic:
              • Maori: tā
              • Rarotongan: tā
          • Ellicean:
            • Samoan: tā
            • Tuvaluan: taa
        • Tongic:
          • Niuean: tā
          • Tongan: tā
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Sunda-Sulawesi:
    • Malayo-Sumbawan:
      • Malayo-Chamic:
        • Proto-Malayic: *tarah
          • Malayan:
            • Malay: tarah

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *taRaq