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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qura
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *qura, from Proto-Oceanic *quraŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qudaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qudaŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔu.ɾa/
Noun
*qura
- shrimp (decapod crustacean)
- lobster
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: ula
- Mangarevan: ura
- South Marquesan: uʻa
- Rapa Nui: ura
- Tahitic:
- Maori: ura, kōura, uraura, kōuraura
- Rarotongan: kōura
- Tahitian: oura, ‘oura
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Nukuoro: ula
- Takuu: ura
- Tuvaluan: ula
- Futunic:
- Pukapukan: ula
- Futuna-Aniwa: ura
- West Uvean: ula
- Samoic:
- Samoan: ula
- Tokelauan: ula
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: uo
- Tongan: uo