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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/mafu

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 *mapuʀuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)buʀuk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.fu/

Adjective

*mafu[1]

  1. stale (of food)

Descendants
  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesan:
      • Tahitic:
        • Rapa: ma’u
    • Samoic-Outlier:
      • Ellicean:
      • Samoic:
        • Samoan: mafu
        • Tokelauan: mafu
  • Tongic:
    • Tongan: mafu

References
  1. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “MAFU (3)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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