Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/maqala

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

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *maqala.

Noun

*maqala

1. garden

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Hawaiian: māla
    • Mangarevan: mara
    • Māori: māra
• Tongic:
  • Niuean: maala

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MAQALA”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9