Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/quha

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-Central-Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuha/, /quha/

Noun

*quha

1. rain

Descendants

• Tongic
  • Tongan: ʻuha (“rain, to rain, rainy, wet”)
  • Niuean: uha
  • Niuafo'ou: ʻua
• Nuclear Polynesian
  • Samoic–Outlier
    • Ellicean
      • Tuvaluan: ua
      • Kapingamarangi: ua
      • Nukuoro: ua
    • Samoic
      • Samoan: ua
      • Tokelauan: ua
  • Eastern Polynesian
    • Marquesic
      • North Marquesan: ua
      • Mangarevan: ùa
      • Hawaiian: ua (“rain, to rain, rainy”)
    • Tahitic
      • Tahitian: ua
      • Rarotongan: ua
      • Maori: ua (“rain, to rain”)
    • Rapa Nui: ûa