< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/kaso
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kasaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kasaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.so/
Noun
*kaso
- rafter
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: ʻaho
- Mangarevan: kaʻo
- Tahitic:
- Maori: kaho
- Rapa: ka’o
- Rarotongan: ka‘o
- Tahitian: ʻaho
- Tuamotuan: kaho
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Nukuoro: gaso
- Tuvaluan: kaho
- Futunic:
- Anuta: kato
- East Futuna: kaso
- Futuna-Aniwa: kasoki
- Pukapukan: kayo
- Tikopia: kaso
- Samoic:
- Samoan: ʻaso
- Tokelauan: kaho
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuafo'ou: kahoki
- Niuean: kaho
- Tongan: kaho, kahoki
Further reading
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – KASO.1