Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)tuqaS

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ma)tuʔas/, /(ma)tuqas/

Adjective

*(ma-)tuqaS

old (of a living being: having lived for relatively many years)

Descendants

Hawaiian: makua
Javanese: tuwa
Malay: tua, tuha
- Indonesian: tua
Maori: matua
Niuean: motua
Rapa Nui: matu'a
Rarotongan: matua
Samoan: matuā
South Marquesan: motua
Tahitian: metua
Tongan: motuʻa
Wallisian: matua

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