Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/kuli

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

Noun

*kuli

dog

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
  - Maori: kurī
  - Tuamotuan: kuri, kurio
  - Hawaiian: ʻīlio
    - Hawaiian: lio (“horse”)
- Samoan: ulī
- Tokelauan: kulī
Tongan: kulī
→ Aiwoo: kuli
→ Drehu: kuli

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