Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/patu

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 *batu.

Noun

*patu

stone (substance; small piece of stone)

Descendants

Fijian: vatu
Proto-Polynesian: *fatu
- Hawaiian: haku
- Maori: whatu
- Niuean: patu
Southern Oceanic
- Vurës: vet
- Big Nambas: nav'et

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *patu