Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fetuqu

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-Oceanic *pituqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən (“star”).

Noun

*fetuqu

1. star (luminous celestial body)

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: hōkū
      • Mangarevan: ètu
      • Marquesan:
        • North Marquesan: hetuu
        • South Marquesan: fetuu
    • Rapa Nui: hetu'u
    • Tahitic:
      • Cook Islands Maori:
        • Mangaian: ‘etū
        • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fētū
        • Rarotongan: ‘ētū
        • Tongarevan: hetū
      • French Polynesia:
        • Tahitian: fetiʻa, fetū (obsolete)
        • Tuamotuan: fetuu, hetuu
      • New Zealand Maori–Moriori:
        • Maori: whetū
        • Moriori: whetu
    • Ellicean–Outlier:
      • Kapingamarangi: heduu
      • Nuguria: hetuu
      • Nukumanu: hetuu
      • Nukuoro: heduu
      • Pileni: hetū, fetū
      • Takuu: hetuu, fetuu
      • Tuvaluan: fetuu
    • Futunic:
      • East Futuna: fetu'u
      • Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
      • Pukapukan: wetū
      • West Uvean: fetuu
    • Samoic:
      • Samoan: fetū
      • Tokelauan: fetū
• Tongic:
  • Niuafo'ou: fetuʻu
  • Niuean: fetū, fetuu
  • Tongan: fetuʻu

Further reading

• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database – star
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bituqen
• Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – FETUQU