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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.
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Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (“star”).
Noun
*fetuqu
- star (luminous celestial body)
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: hōkū
- Mangarevan: ètu
- Marquesan:
- North Marquesan: hetuu
- South Marquesan: fetuu
- Rapa Nui: hetu'u
- Tahitic:
- Cook Islands Maori:
- Mangaian: ‘etū
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: fētū
- Rarotongan: ‘ētū
- Tongarevan: hetū
- French Polynesia:
- Tahitian: fetiʻa, fetū (obsolete)
- Tuamotuan: fetuu, hetuu
- New Zealand Maori–Moriori:
- Maori: whetū
- Moriori: whetu
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Kapingamarangi: heduu
- Nuguria: hetuu
- Nukumanu: hetuu
- Nukuoro: heduu
- Pileni: hetū, fetū
- Takuu: hetuu, fetuu
- Tuvaluan: fetuu
- Futunic:
- East Futuna: fetu'u
- Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
- Pukapukan: wetū
- West Uvean: fetuu
- Samoic:
- Tongic:
Further reading