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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/ia

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.a/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Central Pacific *ia, from Proto-Oceanic *ia, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ia, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(si-)ia, from Proto-Austronesian *(si-)ia.

Pronoun

*ia[1]

  1. he, she
Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesic
        • Hawaiian: ia
      • Tahitic
      • Rapa Nui: ia
    • Samoic-Outlier
      • Ellicean
        • Tuvaluan: ia
      • Samoic
        • Samoan: ia
        • Tokelauan: ia
  • Tongic
    • Niuean: ia
    • Tongan: ia

Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ia.

Pronoun

*ia[2]

  1. this, that (previousely mentioned)
Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesic
        • Hawaiian: ia
      • Tahitic
  • Tongic
    • Niuean: ia
    • Tongan: ia

Etymology 3

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Austronesian *qia.

Particle

*ia[3]

  1. Emphasises the preceding word.
Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Tahitic
    • Samoic-Outlier
      • Samoic
        • Samoan: ia
        • Tokelauan: ia
  • Tongic
    • Tongan: ia

Interjection

*ia[4]

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Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Tahitic
    • Samoic-Outlier
      • Ellicean
        • Tuvaluan: ia
      • Samoic
        • Samoan: ia
        • Tokelauan: ia

References
  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (1)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (2)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (3)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  4. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “IA (4)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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