Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)tuqaS

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ma)tuʔas/, /(ma)tuqas/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqaS

1. old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

• Hawaiian: makua
• Javanese: tuwa
• Malay: tua, tuha
  • Indonesian: tua
• Maori: matua
• Niuean: motua
• Rapa Nui: matu'a
• Rarotongan: matua
• Samoan: matuā
• South Marquesan: motua
• Tahitian: metua
• Tongan: motuʻa
• Wallisian: matua