Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/quha

This Proto-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Polynesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔuha/, /quha/

Noun

*quha

rain

Descendants

Tongic
- Tongan: ʻuha (“rain, to rain, rainy, wet”)
- Niuean: uha
  - Nuclear Polynesian
    - Ellicean
      - Samoic
        Samoan-Tokelauan
        Samoan: ua
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Tahitic
        Maori: ua (“rain, to rain”)
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: ua (“rain, to rain, rainy”)