Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)tuqah

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ma)tuʔah/, /(ma)tuqah/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqah

old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

Western Indonesian
- Greater North Borneo
  - Proto-Malayic:
    - Malayic
      - Malay: tua, tuha
        Brunei Malay: tua, tuha
        
        Indonesian: tua
- Old Javanese: tuha
  - Javanese: ꦠꦸꦮ (tuwa)

Hawaiian: makua
Maori: matua
Niuean: motua
Rapa Nui: matu'a
Rarotongan: matua
Samoan: matuā
South Marquesan: motua
Tahitian: metua
Tongan: motuʻa
Wallisian: matua

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tuqaS

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