Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)tuqaS

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ma)tuʔas/, /(ma)tuqas/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqaS

old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)tuqah
- Proto-Philippine:
  - Central Luzon
    - Kapampangan: matua
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Bikol
        Bikol Central: matua
- Western Indonesian
  - Greater North Borneo
    - Proto-Malayic:
      - Malayic
        Malay: tua, tuha
        Brunei Malay: tua, tuha
        Indonesian: tua
  - Old Javanese: tuha
    - Javanese: ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa)
- Proto-Oceanic: *matuqa
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
    - Central Pacific:
      - East Central Pacific:
        East Fijian:
        Fijian: matua
      - Proto-Polynesian: *matuqa
        Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: makua
        Mangarevan: matua
        South Marquesan: motua
        Rapa Nui: matu'a
        Tahitic:
        Maori: matua
        Rarotongan: matua
        Tahitian: metua
        Western Polynesian:
        Samoic:
        Samoan: matuā
        Tongan: motuʻa
        Wallisian: matua
        Tongic:
        Niuean: motua