Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tasik

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tasik, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

*tasik

  1. sea (body of water)
  2. saltwater

Descendants[edit]

  • Admiralty Islands:
    • Kaniet: tasi
    • Loniu: tas
    • Seimat: tax
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
    • Central Pacific:
      • East Fijian–Polynesian:
        • East Fijian:
        • Proto-Polynesian: *tai
          • Nuclear Polynesian:
            • Eastern Polynesian:
              • Marquesic:
              • Rapa Nui: tai
              • Tahitic:
                • Maori: tai
                • Rakahanga-Manihiki: tai
                • Rarotongan: tai
                • Tahitian: tai
                • Tuamotuan: tai
            • Western Polynesian:
              • Ellicean–Outlier:
              • Futunic:
              • Samoic:
          • Tongic:
      • West Fijian–Rotuman:
    • Micronesian:
    • Southeast Solomonic:
    • Southern Oceanic:
  • Western Oceanic:

Further reading[edit]