Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/aʀu

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)aʀuhu.

Noun

*aʀu

casuarina (trees of the genus Casuarina)

Descendants

Western Oceanic
- North New Guinea
  - Gitua: yaru
Central-Eastern Oceanic
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Bugotu–Gela
    - Bughotu: aru
    - Gela: aru
  - Malaita–Makira
    - Sa'a: sälu
    - Makira
      - Arosi: saru
    - Malaita
      - Lau: salu
      - Kwaio: salu, lalu
      - 'Are'are: raru
- Southern Oceanic
  - Mota: aru
- Central Pacific
  - Fijian: cau

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aRuhu.