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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/puqu

Proto-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vuqu, from Proto-Oceanic *puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puʔu/, /puqu/

Noun

*puqu

base of a tree
origin

Descendants

Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
  - Marquesic:
    - Hawaiian: pū
    - North Marquesan: puu
  - Tahitic:
    - Maori: pū
    - Penrhyn: pū
    - Rakahanga-Manihiki: pu
    - Rarotongan: pū
- Ellicean–Outlier:
  - Ontong Java: puu
- Futunic:
  - Wallisian: fuu
  - Pukapukan: pū
  - Tikopia: pū
Tongic:
- Niuafo'ou: fuʻu
- Niuean: fū
- Tongan: fuʻu

References

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