Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tulaki

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

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“to push away; shove; repel”) with the fossilized suffix *-i.

Verb

*tulaki

1. to push over

Descendants

• Tongic
  • Tongan: tulaki
• Nuclear Polynesian
  • Samoic–Outlier
    • Pukapukan: tuleki
    • Samoan: tulei
  • Eastern Polynesian
    • Marquesic
      • Hawaiian: kulaʻi
      • Mangarevan: turàki
      • North Marquesan: tuaki
      • South Marquesan: tuaʻi
    • Tahitic
      • Tahitian: turaʻi
      • Maori: turaki
      • Penrhyn: turaki
      • Tuamotuan: turaki

References

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