Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/patuʀ

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 *batuʀ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /patuʀ/

Verb

*patuʀ

  1. to weave; to plait

Descendants

  • Admiralty Islands:
    • Seimat: hatu
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
    • Big Nambas: iv'et
    • Vurës: vet
    • Central Pacific:
      • Proto-Polynesian: *fatu
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Marquesic:
            • Rapa Nui: hatu
            • Tahitic:
              • Maori: whatu
              • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
              • Rarotongan: ‘atu
              • Tahitian: fatu
              • Tuamotuan: fatu
          • Samoic–Outlier:
        • Tongic:
    • Micronesian: *fatu, *fatufatu
  • St. Matthias Islands:
    • Mussau-Emira: atu
  • Western Oceanic:
    • Papuan Tip:
      • Sinagoro–Keapara:

Further reading

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