Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qatua

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-Oceanic *qatuan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuan.

Noun

*qatua

god

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *qatua
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *qatua
  - Marquesic:
    - Hawaiian: akua
  - Tahitic:
    - Maori: atua
    - Tahitian: atua
- Ellicean-Outlier:
  - Tuvaluan: atua
- Samoic: *qatua
  - Samoan: atua
  - Tokelauan: atua
Tongic: *qotua
- Tongan: ‘otua
→ Gilbertese: atua

References

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