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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qutan

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 *quCaN.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔutan/, /qutan/

Noun

*qutan

  1. scrubland
  2. bush

Descendants

  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Aru:
        • Dobel: kwutan
      • Central Maluku:
        • Alune: utane
        • Buru (Indonesia): utan
        • Paulohi: utane
      • Flores–Lembata:
      • Sumba–Flores:
        • Kambera: utang, utangu
        • Li'o: uta
        • Mamboru: utàngu
        • Ngadha: uta
        • Palu'e: uta
      • Timor–Babar:
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Oceanic: *qutan
        • Central-Eastern oceanic:
          • Central Pacific:
            • Proto-Polynesian: *quta
              • Nuclear Polynesian:
                • Eastern Polynesian:
                  • Marquesic:
                    • Hawaiian: uka
                    • Mangarevan: uta
                    • South Marquesan: uta
                  • Tahitic:
                • Western Polynesian:
                  • Futunic
                  • Samoic:
              • Tongic:
                • Niuean: uta
                • Tongan: ꞌuta
            • Rotuman: ufa
          • Micronesian:
          • Southern Oceanic:
            • Mota: uta
            • Southeast Ambrym: ut
        • Western Oceanic:
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:

Further reading

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