Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/(i-)aku

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

*(i-)aku

1. I

Descendants

• Proto-Oceanic: *(i-)au
  • 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 – *aku