Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/paʀu

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-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.

Noun

*paʀu

sea hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)

Descendants

Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
  - Fijian: vau
  - Polynesian: *fau
    - Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: hau
        North Marquesan: hau
        South Marquesan: fau
        Tahitic:
        Maori: whau
        Rarotongan: ‘au
        Tahitian: fau, hau (dialectal)
        Tuamotuan: fau
      - Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean-Outlier:
        Kapingamarangi: hau
        Nukuoro: hau
        Takuu: fau, hau
        Tuvaluan: fau
        Futunic:
        East Futuna: fau
        Futuna-Aniwa: fau
        Pukapukan: wau
        Tikopia: fau
        Samoic:
        Samoan: fau
        Tokelauan: fau
    - Tongic:
      - Niuean: fou
      - Tongan: fau
  - Rotuman: hau
- Micronesian: *fau-fau
- Southern Oceanic:
  - Aneityum: nhau
  - Mota: var
  - Sie: nvau
Western Oceanic:
- Gitua: paru
- Roviana: varu
- → Mailu: waru