Proto-Polynesian language
Proto-Polynesian is the hypothetical proto-language from which all modern Polynesian languages descend.
| Polynesian sound correspondences |
| Phoneme |
Proto-Polynesian |
Tongan |
Niuean |
S?moan |
Rapa Nui |
Tahitian |
M?ori |
Rarotongan |
S. Marquesan |
Hawaiian |
English |
|
|
tangata |
tangata |
tagata |
tangata |
taata |
tangata |
tangata |
enata |
kanaka |
man |
|
|
hina |
hina |
sina |
hina |
hinahina |
hina |
ina |
hina |
grey-haired |
|
|
kanahe |
kanahe |
anae |
anae |
kanae |
kanae |
anae |
mullet |
|
|
siale |
tiale |
tiale |
tiare |
tiare |
t?are |
tiare |
kiele |
Gardenia |
|
|
vaka |
vaka |
vaa |
vaka |
vaa |
waka |
vaka |
vaka |
waa |
canoe |
|
|
fafine |
fifine |
fafine |
hahine |
vahine |
wahine |
vaine |
vehine |
wahine |
woman |
|
|
motua |
motua |
matua |
matua |
metua |
matua |
metua, matua |
motua |
makua |
parent |
|
|
ua |
ua |
lua |
rua |
rua[2] |
rua |
rua |
ua |
lua |
two |
|
|
tolu |
tolu |
tolu |
toru |
toru |
toru |
toru |
tou |
kolu |
three |
Notes
- ↑ Glottal stop is represented as 'q' in reconstructed Proto-Polynesian words.
- ↑ Archaic: the usual word in today's Tahitian is piti, due to changes from the pii phenomenon, for which see the article on Tahitian language.
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