Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qusan

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔusan/, /qusan/

Noun

*qusan

1. rain

Descendants

• Micronesian
  • Nuclear Micronesian
    • Marshallese: wōt (“rain”), ute (“to rain on”)
    • Chuukic-Pohnpeic
      • Chuukic
        • Chuukese: wúút
        • Puluwat: wút
        • Saipan Carolinian: úút
        • Ulithian-Woleaian
          • Woleaian: uute
        • Echangese
          • Sonsorolese: wúúta
      • Pohnpeic
        • Mokilese: wud (“rain, to rain”)
• Western Oceanic
  • Meso-Melanesian
    • Bali-Vitu
      • Muduapa: huza
• Southeast Solomonic
  • Malaita-San Cristobal
    • San Cristobal
      • Arosi: uta
• Central Pacific
  • Western Fijian-Rotuman
    • Rotuman: usa
  • East Fijian
    • Fijian: uca
    • Proto-Polynesian: *quha (“rain”)
      • Tongic
        • Tongan: ʻuha (“rain, to rain, rainy, wet”)
        • Niuean: uha
      • Nuclear Polynesian
        • Ellicean
          • Samoic
            • Samoan-Tokelauan
              • Samoan: ua
          • Eastern Polynesian
            • Tahitic
              • Maori: ua (“rain, to rain”)
            • Marquesic
              • Hawaiian: ua (“rain, to rain, rainy”)