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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fetuqu

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

From Proto-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (“star”).

Noun

*fetuqu

  1. star (luminous celestial body)

Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesic:
        • Hawaiian: hōkū
        • Mangarevan: ètu
        • Marquesan:
          • North Marquesan: hetuu
          • South Marquesan: fetuu
      • Rapa Nui: hetu'u
      • Tahitic:
        • Cook Islands Maori:
          • Mangaian: ‘etū
          • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fētū
          • Rarotongan: ‘ētū
          • Tongarevan: hetū
        • French Polynesia:
        • New Zealand Maori–Moriori:
      • Ellicean–Outlier:
        • Kapingamarangi: heduu
        • Nuguria: hetuu
        • Nukumanu: hetuu
        • Nukuoro: heduu
        • Pileni: hetū, fetū
        • Takuu: hetuu, fetuu
        • Tuvaluan: fetuu
      • Futunic:
        • East Futuna: fetu'u
        • Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
        • Pukapukan: wetū
        • West Uvean: fetuu
      • Samoic:
  • Tongic:

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