Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/nofu

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

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *nopuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nəpuq.

Noun

*nofu

stonefish

Descendants

Tongic
- Tongan: nofu
- Niuean: nofu
Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
  - Ellicean–Outlier
    - Nukuoro: nohu
    - Sikaiana: nohu
    - Kapingamarangi: nohu
  - Futunic
    - Anuta: nopu
    - East Futuna: nofu
    - Futuna-Aniwa: nofu
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: nofu
    - Tokelauan: nofu
- Eastern Polynesian
  - Marquesic
    - Hawaiian: nohu
    - Mangarevan: noʻu
    - North Marquesan: nohu
  - Tahitic
    - Maori: nohu
    - Tahitian: nohu
    - Rarotongan: no‘u
  - Rapa Nui: nohu

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*nepuq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “NOFU”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559