Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qanitu

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 Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔanitu/, /qanitu/

Noun

*qanitu

  1. ghost (spirit of the dead)
  2. owl

Descendants

  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Fordata: nitu
      • Yamdena: nitu
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Oceanic: *qanitu
        • Central–Eastern Oceanic:
          • Central Oceanic:
            • East Fijian-Polynesian:
              • Fijian: nitu, vatunitu
              • Proto-Polynesian: *qaitu
                • Nuclear Polynesian:
                  • Eastern Polynesian:
                    • Marquesic:
                      • North Marquesan: aitu
                      • South Marquesan: aitu
                    • Tahitic:
                  • Western Polynesian:
                    • Ellicean–Outlier:
                    • Futunic:
                      • Pukapukan: aitu
                      • Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua
                    • Samoic:
                • Tongic:
                  • Niuafo'ou: aitu
                  • Niuean: aitu
                  • Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa
            • West Fijian-Rotuman:
              • Rotuman: ʻoitu
              • Western Fijian: yanitu
          • Micronesian:
            • Chuukese: énú
            • Pohnpeian: eni
            • Puluwat: yanú
        • Western Oceanic:
          • Gedaged: anut
          • Gitua: anutu
          • Mbula: kon
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:

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