Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qatu

This Proto-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatun (“skipjack tuna, bonito”).

Noun

*qatu

  1. bonito
Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesic:
        • Hawaiian: aku
        • North Marquesan: atu
        • South Marquesan: atu
      • Rapa Nui: atu
      • Tahitic:
    • Western Polynesian:
      • Ellicean–Outlier:
      • Futunic:
        • Anuta: atu
        • East Futuna: 'atu
        • Pukapukan: atu
        • Tikopia: atu
      • Samoic:
        • Niuatoputapu: 'atu
        • Samoan: atu
        • Tokelauan: atu
  • Tongic:
    • Tongan: 'atu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ (“arrange, order, put in sequence”).

Noun

*qatu

  1. line, row
Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Ellicean–Outlier:
    • Futunic:
      • Anuta: atu
      • East Futuna: atu
      • Futuna-Aniwa: atu
      • Pukapukan: atu
      • West Uvean: atu
    • Samoic:
  • Tongic:
    • Niuean: atu
    • Tongan: 'otu

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