Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/apon

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-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

*apon

fishing line

Descendants

Micronesian
- Kosraean: eo
- Gilbertese: ao
- Marshallese: ah
- Chuukic
  - Chuukese: óó
  - Woleaian: yoa
  - Sonsorolese: jao
- Pohnpeic
  - Mokilese: o
Central Pacific
- Fijian: cavo
- Proto-Polynesian: *afo
  - Nuclear Polynesian
    - Samoic–Outlier
      - Ellicean
        Nukuoro: aho
        Sikaiana: aho
        Tuvaluan: afo
      - Futunic
        East Futuna: afo
        Pukapukan: wao
      - Samoic
        Samoan: afo
        Tokelauan: afo
    - Eastern Polynesian
      - Marquesic
        Hawaiian: aho
        Mangarevan: a’o
        North Marquesan: aho
      - Tahitic
        Maori: aho
        Rarotongan: a‘o
        Tahitian: aho
      - Rapa Nui: aho
  - Tongic
    - Tongan: afo
    - Niuean: afo

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hapen.