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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/toŋo
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.
Noun
*toŋo
- mangrove (Bruguiera or Rhizophora spp.)
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
- Ellicean
- Nukuoro: donga
- Sikaiana: tono
- Takuu: tono
- Tuvaluan: togo
- Futunic
- East Futuna: togo
- Emae: togo
- Futuna-Aniwa: togo
- West Uvean: tongo
- Samoic
- Samoan: togo
- Tokelauan: togo
- Ellicean
- Eastern Polynesian
- Marquesic
- Mangarevan: togotogo
- Marquesic
- Samoic–Outlier
- Tongic
- Tongan: tongo
- Niuean: togo
References
- Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *teŋeR.
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “togo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online