Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kutu

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kuCu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kutu/

Noun

*kutu

louse (insect)

Descendants

Borneo-Philippines:
- Philippine:
  - Bikol Central: kuto
  - Cebuano: kuto
  - Dupaningan Agta: kutu
  - Ilocano: kuto
  - Kapampangan: kutu
  - Limos Kalinga: kutu
  - Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: kuto
  - Tagalog: kuto
  - Waray-Waray: kuto
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *kutu
  - Oceanic: *kutu
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Fijian: kutu
      - Polynesian: *kutu
        Nuclear Polynesian:
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: ʻuku
        Maori: kutu
        Rapa Nui: kutu
        Tahitian: ʻutu
        Tongan: kutu
Sunda-Sulawesi:
- Chamorro: hutu
- Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Madurese: koto
  - Malayo-Chamic:
    - Malayic: *kutu
      - Malayan
        Malay: kutu
        → English: cootie
        Indonesian: kutu
- Northwest Sumatran:
  - Buginese: utu

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