Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qutan

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-Malayo-Polynesian *qutan, from Proto-Austronesian *quCaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔutan/, /qutan/

Noun

*qutan

1. bushland
2. hinterland

Related terms

• *talun

Descendants

• Central-Eastern oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Proto-Polynesian: *quta
      • Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: uka
            • Mangarevan: uta
            • South Marquesan: uta
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: uta
            • Rarotongan: uta
            • Tahitian: uta
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Futunic
            • Futuna-Aniwa: uta
            • Mele-Fila: uuta
            • Pukapukan: uta
          • Samoic:
            • Samoan: uta
            • Tokelauan: uta
      • Tongic:
        • Niuean: uta
        • Tongan: ꞌuta
    • Rotuman: ufa
  • Micronesian:
    • Kosraean: wuht
  • Southern Oceanic:
    • Mota: uta
    • Southeast Ambrym: ut
• Western Oceanic:
  • Doura: uta
  • Gedaged: ud
  • Motu: uda

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *quCaN
• Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – QUTA.1