Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tupu

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 *tubu, from Proto-Oceanic *tubuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubuq, *tumbuq, from Proto-Austronesian *tubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tubuʔ/, /tubuq/

Verb

*tupu

1. (intransitive) to grow (to become bigger)

Descendants

• Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: kupu
      • Mangarevan: tupu
      • Marquesan: tupu
    • Rapa Nui: tupu
    • Tahitic:
      • Maori: tupu, tipu (dialectal)
      • Rarotongan: tupu
      • Tahitian: tupu
      • Tuamotuan: tupu
  • Western Polynesian:
    • Ellicean–Outlier:
      • Nukuoro: tumu, dubu
      • Sikaiana: tupu
      • Tuvaluan: tupu
    • Futunic:
      • East Futuna: tupu
      • Futuna-Aniwa: tupu
      • Pukapukan: tupu
    • Samoic:
      • Samoan: tupu
      • Tokelauan: tupu
• Tongic:
  • Niuean: tupu
  • Tongan: tupu

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cubuq