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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/puqu
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *vuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puʔu/, /puqu/
Noun
*puqu
- base of a tree
- origin
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: pū
- North Marquesan: puu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: pū
- Penrhyn: pū
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: pu
- Rarotongan: pū
- Marquesic:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Ontong Java: puu
- Futunic:
- Wallisian: fuu
- Pukapukan: pū
- Tikopia: pū
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuafo'ou: fuʻu
- Niuean: fū
- Tongan: fuʻu
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *puqun
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online - PUQU