Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/maturuʀ

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

Alternative forms

*matiruʀ

Etymology

From *ma- (“stative prefix”) + Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuduʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *tuduʀ.

Verb

*maturuʀ

to be asleep, to sleep

Descendants

Micronesian:
- Marshallese: mājur
North-Central Vanuatu:
- Lo-Toga: metur
- Mwotlap: mitiy