Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/sulu

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-Central Pacific *sulu, from Proto-Oceanic *suluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq.

Noun

*sulu

torch

Verb

*sulu

to illuminate

Descendants

Tongic
- Niuean: hulu
- Tongan: hulu
Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
  - Futunic
    - East Futuna: susulu
    - Pukapukan: yuyulu
  - Ellicean
    - Tuvaluan: hulu
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: sulu
    - Tokelauan: hulu
- Eastern Polynesian
  - Marquesic
    - Mangarevan: ’uru
  - Tahitic
    - Maori: huru
    - Tuamotuan: huru

References

Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sulu.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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