Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/qaʀus

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus.

Noun

*qaʀus

current (water)

Descendants

Proto-Oceanic: *qaʀus
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
  - Proto-Polynesian: *au
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: au
        
        Tahitic
        Maori-Moriori
        Maori: au

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaʀus

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