Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/kayu

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This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian , from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

*kayu

  1. wood
  2. tree

Descendants

  • Central–Eastern Oceanic:
    • Central Pacific:
      • Fijian: kau
      • Proto-Polynesian: *kau
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Western Polynesian:
        • Tongic:
    • Micronesian:
    • Southeast Solomonic:

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