Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/sulu

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 *sulu, from Proto-Oceanic *suluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.

Noun

*sulu

1. torch

Verb

*sulu

1. to illuminate

Descendants

• Tongic
  • Niuean: hulu
  • Tongan: hulu
• Nuclear Polynesian
  • Samoic–Outlier
    • Futunic
      • East Futuna: susulu
      • Pukapukan: yuyulu
    • Ellicean
      • Tuvaluan: hulu
    • Samoic
      • Samoan: sulu
      • Tokelauan: hulu
  • Eastern Polynesian
    • Marquesic
      • Mangarevan: ’uru
    • Tahitic
      • Maori: huru
      • Tuamotuan: huru

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sulu.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online