Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kayu

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Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kayu

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

*kayu

1. wood
2. tree

Descendants

• Central–Eastern Oceanic:
  • Fijian: kau
  • Micronesian:
    • Gilbertese: kai
    • Marshallese: kāān, keyin
  • Polynesian: *kau
    • Nuclear Polynesian:
      • Eastern Polynesian:
        • Hawaiian: ‘au
        • Maori: kau
        • Rarotongan: kau
        • Tahitian: ‘au
      • Pukapukan: kau
      • Samoan: ‘au
      • Tokelauan: kau
      • Tuvaluan: kau
    • Niuean: akau
    • Tongan: kau

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kaSiw