Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kaso

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 *kasaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaso/

Noun

*kaso

1. rafter (diagonal bamboo poles to which thatch panels are lashed)

Descendants

• Western Oceanic
  • Meso-Melanesian
    • Nakanai: aro
    • Roviana: gaso-na
    • Simbo: qaso
  • North New Guinea
    • Manam: ʔaro
• Central-Eastern Oceanic
  • Southern Oceanic
    • Mota: gaso
  • Southeast Solomonic
    • Bugotu–Gela–Guadalcanal
      • Bughotu: gaho
      • Gela: gaho
      • Ghari: haso
    • Malaita–Makira
      • Sa'a: ato
      • Makira
        • Arosi: 'ato
      • Malaita
        • Central–North Malaita
          • Kwaio: 'ato
          • Kwara'ae: 'ato
          • Lau: 'ato
          • To'abaita: 'ato
        • Southern Malaita
          • 'Are'are: ato
  • Micronesian
    • Marshallese: kat-tal
    • Mokilese: kad-dal
    • Puluwat: yóót
    • Woleaian: gato
  • Central Pacific
    • Rotuman: kasa
    • Fijian: kaso
    • Proto-Polynesian: *kaso
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: ʻaho
            • Mangarevan: kaʻo
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: kaho
            • Rapa: ka’o
            • Rarotongan: ka‘o
            • Tahitian: ʻaho
            • Tuamotuan: kaho
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Nukuoro: gaso
            • Tuvaluan: kaho
          • Futunic:
            • Anuta: kato
            • East Futuna: kaso
            • Futuna-Aniwa: kasoki
            • Pukapukan: kayo
            • Tikopia: kaso
          • Samoic:
            • Samoan: ʻaso
            • Tokelauan: kaho
      • Tongic:
        • Niuafo'ou: kahoki
        • Niuean: kaho
        • Tongan: kaho, kahoki

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *kasaw₁.
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KASO.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online