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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qatu
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatun (“skipjack tuna, bonito”).
Noun
*qatu
- bonito
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: aku
- North Marquesan: atu
- South Marquesan: atu
- Rapa Nui: atu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: atu
- Rarotongan: atu
- Tuamotuan: atu
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Kapingamarangi: adu
- Pileni: atu
- Sikaiana: atu
- Tuvaluan: atu
- Futunic:
- Anuta: atu
- East Futuna: 'atu
- Pukapukan: atu
- Tikopia: atu
- Samoic:
- Niuatoputapu: 'atu
- Samoan: atu
- Tokelauan: atu
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Tongan: 'atu
Etymology 2
From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ (“arrange, order, put in sequence”).
Noun
*qatu
- line, row
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Kapingamarangi: adu
- Pileni: atu
- Takuu: atu
- Tuvaluan: atu
- Futunic:
- Anuta: atu
- East Futuna: atu
- Futuna-Aniwa: atu
- Pukapukan: atu
- West Uvean: atu
- Samoic:
- Samoan: atu
- Tokelauan: atu
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: atu
- Tongan: 'otu
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qatuR
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – *QATU.2