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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fatu
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Oceanic *patu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.
Noun
*fatu
- stone
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: haku
- Mangarevan: atu
- North Marquesan: hatu
- Rapa Nui: hatu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: whatu
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
- Rarotongan: ‘atu
- Tahitian: fatu
- Tuamotuan: fatu
- Marquesic:
- Samoic–Outlier:
- Ellicean:
- Kapingamarangi: hadu
- Nuguria: hatu
- Nukuoro: hadu
- Sikaiana: hatu
- Takuu: fatu, hatu
- Tuvaluan: fatu
- Futunic:
- Anuta: patu
- East Futuna: fatu
- Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
- Mele-Fila: fatu
- Pukapukan: watu
- Tikopia: fatu
- West Uvean: fatu
- Samoic:
- Samoan: fatu
- Tokelauan: fatu
- Ellicean:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: patu
- Tongan: fatu
Etymology 2
From Proto-Oceanic *patuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.
Verb
*fatu
- to weave; to plait
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: haku
- North Marquesan: hatu
- South Marquesan: fatu
- Rapa Nui: hatu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: whatu
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
- Rarotongan: ‘atu
- Tahitian: fatu
- Tuamotuan: fatu
- Marquesic:
- Samoic–Outlier:
- Ellicean:
- Nuguria: hatu
- Nukuoro: hadu
- Sikaiana: hatu
- Tuvaluan: fatu
- Futunic:
- East Futuna: fatu
- Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
- Pukapukan: watu
- Tikopia: fatu
- Samoic:
- Samoan: fatu
- Tokelauan: fatu
- Ellicean:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Tongan: fatu
Further reading
- Blust, R.; Trussel, S. (2010–) Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “Proto-Polynesian/fatu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online