Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kayu

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

*kayu

1. wood
2. tree

Descendants

• Central–Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Fijian: kau
    • Proto-Polynesian: *kau
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Hawaiian: ʻau
          • Maori: kau
          • Rarotongan: kau
          • Tahitian: ʻau
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Pukapukan: kau
          • Samoan: ʻau
          • Tokelauan: kau
          • Tuvaluan: kau
      • Tongic:
        • Niuean: akau
        • Tongan: kau
  • Micronesian:
    • Gilbertese: kai
    • Marshallese: kāān, keyin
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • 'Are'are: ʻai

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kaSiw