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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fufu

Proto-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific vuvu, from Proto-Oceanic *pupuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk.

Noun

*fufu

weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
  - Marquesic:
    - Hawaiian: huhu
    - Mangarevan: ʻuʻu
    - North Marquesan: huhu
  - Rapa Nui: huhu
  - Tahitic:
    - Maori: huhu
    - Rarotongan: ʻuʻu
    - Tahitian: huhu
- Western Polynesian:
  - Ellicean-Outlier:
    - Tuvaluan: pupu, uu
Tongic:
- Niuean: fufu

References

Polynesian Lexicon Project Online - FUFU.1

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