Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tulaki

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

Possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tulak (“to push away; shove; repel”) with the fossilized suffix *-i.

Verb

*tulaki

to push over

Descendants

Tongic
- Tongan: tulaki
Nuclear Polynesian
- Samoic–Outlier
  - Pukapukan: tuleki
  - Samoan: tulei
- Eastern Polynesian
  - Marquesic
    - Hawaiian: kulaʻi
    - Mangarevan: turàki
    - North Marquesan: tuaki
    - South Marquesan: tuaʻi
  - Tahitic
    - Tahitian: turaʻi
    - Maori: turaki
    - Penrhyn: turaki
    - Tuamotuan: turaki

References

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

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