Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/layaʀ

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lajaʀ/, /lajar/

Noun

*layaʀ

sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)

Descendants

Admiralty Islands:
- Yapese: laay
Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
  - Fijian: laca
  - Polynesian: *laa
    - Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: lā
        Mangarevan: ra
        North Marquesan: ʻā
        Tahitic:
        Maori: rā
        Rarotongan: rā
        Tahitian: rā
      - Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean–Outlier:
        Kapingamarangi: laa
        Sikaiana: laa
        Pileni: lā
        Tuvaluan: laa
        Futunic:
        Anuta: laa
        East Futuna: lā
        Futuna-Aniwa: ra
        Mele-Fila: raa
        Pukapukan: lā
        Samoic:
        Samoan: lā
        Tokelauan: lā
    - Tongic:
      - Niuafo'ou: lā
      - Niuean: lā
      - Tongan: lā, la
  - Rotuman: läe
  - Western Fijian: laca
- Micronesian: *lea
- Southern Oceanic:
  - Bieria: nlai
  - North Efate: nalae
Western Oceanic:
- Dobu: naia
- Hula: ra
- Kilivila: naya
- Lala: ra
- Motu: lara
- Wedau: nala