Reconstruction:Proto-Micronesian/awo

This Proto-Micronesian 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-Micronesian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *apon, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapən.

Noun

*awo

1. fishing line

Descendants

• Nauruan: iareu
• Nuclear Micronesian:
  • Kosraean: eo
  • Gilbertese: ao
  • Marshallese: ah
  • Chuukic–Pohnpeic:
    • Proto-Chuukic: *yawo
      • Chuukese: óó
      • Ulithian–Woleaian:
        • Woleaian: yoa
      • Sonsorol–Tobi:
        • Sonsorolese: jao
    • Pohnpeic:
      • Mokilese: o

References

• Bender, Byron W.; Goodenough, Ward H.; Jackson, Frederick H.; Marck, Jeffrey C.; Sohn, Ho-Min; Trussel, Stephen; Wang, Judith W. (2003), “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: 1”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, page 16 of 1–110