Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/patuʀ

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /patuʀ/

Verb

*patuʀ

to weave; to plait

Descendants

Admiralty Islands:
- Seimat: hatu
Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Big Nambas: iv'et
- Vurës: vet
- Central Pacific:
  - Proto-Polynesian: *fatu
    - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: haku
        
        North Marquesan: hatu
        
        South Marquesan: fatu
        
        Rapa Nui: hatu
        
        Tahitic:
        Maori: whatu
        
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
        
        Rarotongan: ‘atu
        
        Tahitian: fatu
        
        Tuamotuan: fatu
      - Samoic–Outlier:
        Ellicean:
        Nuguria: hatu
        
        Nukuoro: hadu
        
        Sikaiana: hatu
        
        Tuvaluan: fatu
        
        Futunic:
        East Futuna: fatu
        
        Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
        
        Pukapukan: watu
        
        Tikopia: fatu
        
        Samoic:
        Samoan: fatu
        
        Tokelauan: fatu
    - Tongic:
      - Tongan: fatu
- Micronesian: *fatu, *fatufatu
St. Matthias Islands:
- Mussau-Emira: atu
Western Oceanic:
- Papuan Tip:
  - Sinagoro–Keapara:
    - Kalo: vatu