Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/quha

This Proto-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *quca, from Proto-Oceanic *qusan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan, from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN (“rain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuha/, /quha/

Noun

*quha

1. rain

Descendants

• 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”)