Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/uaua

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

Reduplication of *ua, from Proto-Oceanic *uʀat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uʀat, Proto-Austronesian *huʀaC.

Noun

*uaua

vein; artery; tendon; sinew

Descendants

Tongic
- Tongan: uoua
Samoic–Outlier
- Ellicean
  - Tuvaluan: uaua
  - Kapingamarangi: uaua
  - Nukuoro: uaua
- Samoic
  - Samoan: uaua
  - Tokelauan: uaua
Eastern Polynesian
- Marquesic
  - Hawaiian: uaua
  - Mangarevan: ùaùa
  - North Marquesan: uaua
- Tahitic
  - Tahitian: uaua
  - Rarotongan: uaua
  - Maori: uaua
- Rapa Nui: ûaûa

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *huRaC.
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “UA.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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