Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kukuh

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From earlier *kuhkuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kukuh/

Noun

*kukuh

  1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Descendants

  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Oceanic: *kuku
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
          • Central Oceanic:
            • East Fijian-Polynesian:
            • West Fijian-Rotuman:
              • Rotuman: mänʻuʻu
              • Western Fijian: kuku
          • Micronesian:
            • Chuukese: kkú
            • Pohnpeian: kihk
            • Woleaian: kiu
          • Southeast Solomonic:
        • Western Oceanic:
          • Nakanai: lakuku
          • Numbami: kuku
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
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