Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(w)akaʀ

This Proto-Malayo-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(w)akaʀ/, /(w)akar/

Noun

*(w)akaʀ

1. root (of plant)

Descendants

• Central Malayo-Polynesian: *(w)akaʀ
  • Central Maluku
    • East Central Maluku
      • Seram
        • Nunusaku
          • Piru Bay
            • East Piru Bay
              • Seram Straits
                • Ambon: *wakar
                • Uliase
                  • Kamarian: waar
  • Sumba-Flores
    • Ende-Manggarai
      • Central Flores
        • Ende-Li'o
          • Palu'e: waka
  • Timor-Babar
    • Nuclear Timor
      • West Timor
        • Roti
          • Bilba: oka
  • Yamdena: wakar
• Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *(w)akaʀ
  • Proto-Oceanic: *(w)akaʀ
    • Central-Eastern Oceanic
      • Proto-Polynesian: *aka
        • 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
• North Bornean
  • North Sarawakan
    • Bintulu-Melanau
      • Bintulu: waka
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *(w)akar
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *akar
    • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
      • Balinese: akah
      • Sasak-Sumbawa
        • Sasak: akah, akar
    • Proto-Malayic: *akar
      • Malayan
        • Malay: akar
          • Indonesian: akar
      • Ibanic
        • Iban: akar
• Northwest Sumatran
  • Northern Barrier Islands
    • Nias-Sikule
      • Nias: wa'a

Synonyms

• *lakat

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *wakaʀ
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *akaʀ