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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/quta
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔuta/
Noun
*quta
- inland (from shore)
Related terms
- *talu
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: uka
- Mangarevan: uta
- South Marquesan: uta
- Tahitic:
- Maori: uta
- Rarotongan: uta
- Tahitian: uta
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Futunic
- Futuna-Aniwa: uta
- Mele-Fila: uuta
- Pukapukan: uta
- Samoic:
- Samoan: uta
- Tokelauan: uta
- Futunic
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: uta
- Tongan: ꞌuta
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *quCaN
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – QUTA.1