Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/maqikuku

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 a prefixed form of Proto-Central Pacific *kuku, from Proto-Oceanic *kuku, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kuku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kukuh, from Proto-Austronesian *kuSkuS.

Noun

*maqikuku

1. nail (on fingers and toes)

Related terms

• *matikuku

Descendants

• East Futuna: maikuku
• Hawaiian: māiʻuʻu, maiʻuʻu
• Mangarevan: maikuku
• Maori: maikuku
• Pukapukan: maikuku, maitikuku
• Rapa Nui: maikuku
• Rarotongan: maikuku
• Samoan: maiʻuʻu
• Tahitian: maiʻuʻu
• Tuamotuan: maikuku