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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/hau
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *saʀum. Cognates include Fijian sau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈha.u/
Noun
*hau[1]
- needle
- (specifically) tattooing needle
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian: *au
- Eastern Polynesian: *au
- Tahitic
- Austral: au
- Maori: au
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: au
- Rapa: au
- Rarotongan: au
- Tahitian: au
- Tuamotuan: au
- Tahitic
- Samoic-Outlier
- Ellicean
- Nukuoro: au
- Ontong Java: au
- Takuu: au
- Tuvaluan: au
- Futunic
- Rennellese: au
- Tikopia: sau
- Wallisian: hau
- West Uvean: sau
- Samoic
- Samoan: au
- Tokelauan: au
- Ellicean
- Eastern Polynesian: *au
- Tongic
- Tongan: hau
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011) , “HAU”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online