< Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pale
Proto-Oceanic
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.
Noun
*pale
- house (adobe)
- hall (a meeting room)
- canoe shed,
- storehouse
Descendants
- Fijian: vale
- Proto-Polynesian: *fale
- Niuean: fale
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Hawaiian: hale
- Mangarevan: hare
- Maori: whare
- → English: whare
- Rapa Nui: hare
- Tahitian: fare
- North Marquesan: haʻe
- South Marquesan: faʻe
- Rennellese: hage
- Samoan: fale
- Tokelauan: fale
- Tuvaluan: fale
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongan: fale