Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/toŋo

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 *toŋoʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋəʀ.

Noun

*toŋo

mangrove (Bruguiera or Rhizophora spp.)

Descendants

Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
  - Ellicean
    - Nukuoro: donga
    - Sikaiana: tono
    - Takuu: tono
    - Tuvaluan: togo
  - Futunic
    - East Futuna: togo
    - Emae: togo
    - Futuna-Aniwa: togo
    - West Uvean: tongo
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: togo
    - Tokelauan: togo
- Eastern Polynesian
  - Marquesic
    - Mangarevan: togotogo
Tongic
- Tongan: tongo
- Niuean: togo

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *teŋeR.
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “togo”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559