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

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:
      - Tahitian: fetiʻa, fetū (obsolete)
      - Tuamotuan: fetuu, hetuu
    - New Zealand Maori–Moriori:
      - Maori: whetū
      - Moriori: whetu
  - 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:
    - Samoan: fetū
    - Tokelauan: fetū
Tongic:
- Niuafo'ou: fetuʻu
- Niuean: fetū, fetuu
- Tongan: fetuʻu

Proto-Polynesian

Etymology

Noun

Descendants

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