Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/(i-)au

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

*(i-)au

I

Descendants

Central-Eastern Oceanic
- East Fijian
  - Fijian: au
- Proto-Polynesian: *au
  - Nuclear Polynesian
    - Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
      - Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: au / wau / a'u
        
        Rapa Nui: au
        
        Tahitic
        Maori-Moriori
        Maori: au / ahau / aku
        
        Tahitian: au / vau
        
        Tuvaluan: au / -ku
    - Samoan-Tokelauan
      - Samoan: aʻu
      - Tokelauan: au
  - Tongic
    - Niuean: au / -ku
    - Tongan: au / ou
- West Fijian – Rotuman
  - Rotuman: gou

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *au