Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/batuʀ

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

Etymology

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *batuʀ (Blust, 2010)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /batuʀ/

Verb

*batuʀ

to weave; to plait

Descendants

Proto-Oceanic: *patuʀ
- Admiralty Islands:
  - Seimat: hatu
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  - Big Nambas: iv'et
  - Vurës: vet
  - Central Pacific:
    - Proto-Polynesian: *fatu
      - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: haku
        North Marquesan: hatu
        South Marquesan: fatu
        Rapa Nui: hatu
        Tahitic:
        Māori: whatu
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: fatu
        Rarotongan: ‘atu
        Tahitian: fatu
        Tuamotuan: fatu
        Samoic–Outlier:
        Ellicean:
        Nuguria: hatu
        Nukuoro: hadu
        Sikaiana: hatu
        Tuvaluan: fatu
        Futunic:
        East Futuna: fatu
        Futuna-Aniwa: fatu
        Pukapukan: watu
        Tikopia: fatu
        Samoic:
        Samoan: fatu
        Tokelauan: fatu
      - Tongic:
        Tongan: fatu
  - Proto-Micronesian: *fatu, *fatufatu
- St. Matthias Islands:
  - Mussau-Emira: atu
- Western Oceanic:
  - Papuan Tip:
    - Sinagoro–Keapara:
      - Kalo: vatu
North Borneo:
- Northeast Sabah:
  - Bonggi: batur
- Southwest Sabah:
  - Dusunic:
    - Coastal Kadazan: vatu
    - Rungus: patuw
  - Murutic:
    - Tagal Murut: batug
Philippine:
- Greater Central Philippine:
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow:
    - Mongondow: batug

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*batuR₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*batuʀ₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary