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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.
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Proto-Oceanic
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timuʀ, Proto-Austronesian *timuʀ.
Noun
*timuʀ
- southeast monsoon
Descendants
- Central–Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
- Proto-Polynesian: *timu
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Central Eastern Polynesian:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Futunic:
- Anuta: timu
- Futuna-Aniwa: tsimu
- Pukapukan: timu
- Samoic:
- Tongic:
- Western Oceanic:
- Gedaged: tim
- Motu: sisimu
- Sinaugoro: timu