Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/afaa

This Proto-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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *avaa, from Proto-Oceanic *apaʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habaʀat, from Proto-Austronesian *Sabaʀat (“south wind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈfaː/

Noun

*afaa[1]

  1. storm
  2. hurricane

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Tahitic:
        • Maori: āwhā
        • Tuamotuan: āfā
    • Samoic-Outlier:
  • Tongic:

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AFAA”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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