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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fufu
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific vuvu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk.
Noun
*fufu
- weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: huhu
- Mangarevan: ʻuʻu
- North Marquesan: huhu
- Rapa Nui: huhu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: huhu
- Rarotongan: ʻuʻu
- Tahitian: huhu
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean-Outlier:
- Tuvaluan: pupu, uu
- Ellicean-Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: fufu
References
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online - FUFU.1