Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qusan

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔusan/, /qusan/

Noun

*qusan

rain

Descendants

Micronesian
- Nuclear Micronesian
  - Marshallese: wōt (“rain”), ute (“to rain on”)
  - Chuukic-Pohnpeic
    - Chuukic
      - Chuukese: wúút
      - Puluwat: wút
      - Saipan Carolinian: úút
      - Ulithian-Woleaian
        Woleaian: uute
      - Echangese
        Sonsorolese: wúúta
    - Pohnpeic
      - Mokilese: wud (“rain, to rain”)
Western Oceanic
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Bali-Vitu
    - Muduapa: huza
Southeast Solomonic
- Malaita-San Cristobal
  - San Cristobal
    - Arosi: uta
Central Pacific
- Western Fijian-Rotuman
  - Rotuman: usa
- East Fijian
  - Fijian: uca
  - Polynesian: *quha (“rain”)
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: ʻuha (“rain, to rain, rainy, wet”)
      - Niuean: uha
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Ellicean
        Samoic
        Samoan-Tokelauan
        Samoan: ua
        Eastern Polynesian
        Tahitic
        Maori: ua (“rain, to rain”)
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: ua (“rain, to rain, rainy”)