Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/aka

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 1

From Proto-Central Pacific *(w)aka, from Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ. Cognates include Fijian waka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ka/

Noun

*aka[1]

root (of plant)
East Asian arrowroot (Pueraria lobata)

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *aka
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *aka
  - Marquesic
    - Hawaiian: aʻa
  - Tahitic
    - Maori: aka
    - Tahitian: aʻa
  - Rapa Nui: aka
- Samoic-Outlier
  - Ellicean
    - Tuvaluan: aka
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: a'a
    - Tokelauan: aka
Tongic
- Niuafo'ou: aka
- Niuean: aka, vaka
- Tongan: aka

References

Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AKA”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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[1] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AKA”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online