Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/mataŋi
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From *mata (“eye, point”) + *aŋi (“blow (of wind)”).
Noun
*mataŋi
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Western Polynesian:
- Tongic:
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MATAGI”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559