Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qatu

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 1

From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatun (“skipjack tuna, bonito”).

Noun

*qatu

1. bonito

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: aku
      • North Marquesan: atu
      • South Marquesan: atu
    • Rapa Nui: atu
    • Tahitic:
      • Maori: atu
      • Rarotongan: atu
      • Tuamotuan: atu
  • Western Polynesian:
    • Ellicean–Outlier:
      • Kapingamarangi: adu
      • Pileni: atu
      • Sikaiana: atu
      • Tuvaluan: atu
    • Futunic:
      • Anuta: atu
      • East Futuna: 'atu
      • Pukapukan: atu
      • Tikopia: atu
    • Samoic:
      • Niuatoputapu: 'atu
      • Samoan: atu
      • Tokelauan: atu
• Tongic:
  • Tongan: 'atu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Pacific *qatu, from Proto-Oceanic *qatuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ (“arrange, order, put in sequence”).

Noun

*qatu

1. line, row

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Ellicean–Outlier:
    • Kapingamarangi: adu
    • Pileni: atu
    • Takuu: atu
    • Tuvaluan: atu
  • Futunic:
    • Anuta: atu
    • East Futuna: atu
    • Futuna-Aniwa: atu
    • Pukapukan: atu
    • West Uvean: atu
  • Samoic:
    • Samoan: atu
    • Tokelauan: atu
• Tongic:
  • Niuean: atu
  • Tongan: 'otu

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qatuR
• Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – *QATU.2