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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qaro
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *qaro, from Proto-Oceanic *qarop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qadəp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaro/
Noun
*qaro
- front (facing part)
Descendants
- Tongic
- Niuean: ao
- Tongan: ʻao
- Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
- Ellicean–Futunic
- East Futuna: ʻalo
- Futuna-Aniwa: aro
- Pukapukan: aro
- Tikopia: aro
- Tuvaluan: alo
- Samoic
- Samoan: alo
- Tokelauan: alo
- Ellicean–Futunic
- Eastern Polynesian
- Marquesic
- Hawaiian: alo
- Mangarevan: aro
- North Marquesan: aʻo
- South Marquesan: aʻo
- Tahitic
- Maori: aro
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: aro
- Rarotongan: aro
- Tahitian: aro
- Tuamotuan: aro
- Rapa Nui: aro, ʻaro
- Marquesic
- Samoic–Outlier