< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fau
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *paʀu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀu.
Noun
*fau
- sea hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus)
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: hau
- North Marquesan: hau
- South Marquesan: fau
- Tahitic:
- Maori: whau
- Rarotongan: ‘au
- Tahitian: fau, hau (dialectal)
- Tuamotuan: fau
- Marquesic:
- 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
- Ellicean-Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: fou
- Tongan: fau