Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kaso

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaso/

Noun

*kaso

rafter (diagonal bamboo poles to which thatch panels are lashed)

Descendants

Western Oceanic
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Nakanai: aro
  - Roviana: gaso-na
  - Simbo: qaso
- North New Guinea
  - Manam: ʔaro
Central-Eastern Oceanic
- Southern Oceanic
  - Mota: gaso
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Bugotu–Gela–Guadalcanal
    - Bughotu: gaho
    - Gela: gaho
    - Ghari: haso
  - Malaita–Makira
    - Sa'a: ato
    - Makira
      - Arosi: 'ato
    - Malaita
      - Central–North Malaita
        Kwaio: 'ato
        Kwara'ae: 'ato
        Lau: 'ato
        To'abaita: 'ato
      - Southern Malaita
        'Are'are: ato
- Micronesian
  - Marshallese: kat-tal
  - Mokilese: kad-dal
  - Puluwat: yóót
  - Woleaian: gato
- Central Pacific
  - Rotuman: kasa
  - Fijian: kaso
  - Proto-Polynesian: *kaso
    - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: ʻaho
        Mangarevan: kaʻo
        Tahitic:
        Maori: kaho
        Rapa: ka’o
        Rarotongan: ka‘o
        Tahitian: ʻaho
        Tuamotuan: kaho
      - Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Nukuoro: gaso
        Tuvaluan: kaho
        Futunic:
        Anuta: kato
        East Futuna: kaso
        Futuna-Aniwa: kasoki
        Pukapukan: kayo
        Tikopia: kaso
        Samoic:
        Samoan: ʻaso
        Tokelauan: kaho
    - Tongic:
      - Niuafo'ou: kahoki
      - Niuean: kaho
      - Tongan: kaho, kahoki

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kasaw₁.
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KASO.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎