Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/nopuq

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

Alternative forms

*lopu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nəpuq.

Noun

*nopuq

stonefish

Descendants

Admiralty Islands
- Eastern Admiralty Islands
  - Manus
    - Loniu: noh
    - Likum: noh
- Western Admiralty Islands
  - Seimat: noh
  - Wuvulu-Aua: nofu
Western Oceanic
- Papuan Tip
  - Motu: nohu
  - Kilivila: nou
  - Molima: nowu
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Roviana: novu
  - Simbo: novu
Central–Eastern Oceanic
- Southern Oceanic
  - Mota: low
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Bughotu–Nggela
    - Gela: novu
  - Malaita–Makira
    - Arosi: nohu
- Proto-Micronesian: *nowu
  - Chuukese: noow
- Central Pacific
  - Fijian: novu
  - Proto-Polynesian: *nofu
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: nofu
      - Niuean: nofu
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Samoic–Outlier
        Ellicean–Outlier
        Nukuoro: nohu
        Sikaiana: nohu
        Kapingamarangi: nohu
        Futunic
        Anuta: nopu
        East Futuna: nofu
        Futuna-Aniwa: nofu
        Samoic
        Samoan: nofu
        Tokelauan: nofu
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: nohu
        Mangarevan: noʻu
        North Marquesan: nohu
        Tahitic
        Maori: nohu
        Tahitian: nohu
        Rarotongan: no‘u
        Rapa Nui: nohu

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nepuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI