Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tokon

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təkən.

Noun

*tokon

bamboo punting pole

Descendants

Admiralty Islands
- Southeast Admiralty Islands
  - Nauna: to
  - Lou: tung
  - Penchal: ro
- Manus
  - Intermediate
    - Loniu: to
  - Eastern Manus
    - Nali: tone
  - Western Manus
    - Likum: do
    - Bipi: do
Western Oceanic
- North New Guinea
  - Gedaged: tok
  - Gitua: togo
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Halia: tokono
Central–Eastern Oceanic
- Central Pacific
  - Fijian: doko
  - Proto-Polynesian: *toko
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: toko
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Samoic–Outlier
        Ellicean–Outlier
        Tuvaluan: toko
        Sikaiana: toko
        Kapingamarangi: dogo
        Futunic
        Anuta: totoko
        East Futuna: toko
        Futuna-Aniwa: tokotoko
        Samoic
        Samoan: to'o
        Tokelauan: tokotoko
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: koʻo
        Mangarevan: toko
        Tahitic
        Maori: toko
        Tahitian: toʻo
        Rarotongan: toko
        Rapa Nui: tokotoko

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*teken”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI