< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/ia
Proto-Polynesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.a/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Central Pacific *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.
Pronoun
*ia[1]
- he, she
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic
- Hawaiian: ia
- Tahitic
- Maori: ia
- Rapa Nui: ia
- Marquesic
- Samoic-Outlier
- Ellicean
- Tuvaluan: ia
- Samoic
- Samoan: ia
- Tokelauan: ia
- Ellicean
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic
- Niuean: ia
- Tongan: ia
Etymology 2
From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.
Pronoun
*ia[2]
- this, that (previousely mentioned)
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic
- Hawaiian: ia
- Tahitic
- Maori: ia
- Marquesic
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic
- Niuean: ia
- Tongan: ia
Etymology 3
From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian *qia.
Particle
*ia[3]
- Emphasises the preceding word.
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tahitic
- Maori: ia
- Tahitic
- Samoic-Outlier
- Samoic
- Samoan: ia
- Tokelauan: ia
- Samoic
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic
- Tongan: ia
Interjection
*ia[4]
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Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tahitic
- Maori: ia
- Tahitic
- Samoic-Outlier
- Ellicean
- Tuvaluan: ia
- Samoic
- Samoan: ia
- Tokelauan: ia
- Ellicean
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (1)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (2)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (3)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (4)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online