Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qaʀuas

This Proto-Malayo-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*qaʀuas

1. young growth stage of mullet

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: aguás
    • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: agwas
  • Central Luzon
    • Tagalog: agwás
• Chamorro: åguas
• Oceanic
  • Admiralty Islands
    • Seimat: au
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Southern Oceanic
      • Dumbea: kava
    • Micronesian
      • Gilbertese: aua
      • Woleaian: yaiuw
    • Proto-Polynesian: *qaua
      • Tongic
        • Tongan: ’aua
      • Nuclear Polynesian
        • Samoic–Outlier
          • Pukapukan: aua
          • Samoan: aua
          • Tokelauan: aua
        • Eastern Polynesian
          • Maori: aua

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qaRuas