Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qanitu

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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.

Noun

*qanitu

1. ghost (spirit of the dead)

Descendants

• Central–Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Oceanic:
    • East Fijian-Polynesian:
      • Fijian: nitu, vatunitu
      • Proto-Polynesian: *qaitu
        • Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Eastern Polynesian:
            • Marquesic:
              • North Marquesan: aitu
              • South Marquesan: aitu
            • Tahitic:
              • Maori: aitu
              • Rarotongan: aitu
              • Tahitian: aitu
          • Western Polynesian:
            • Ellicean–Outlier:
              • Nukuoro: eidu, itu
              • Takuu: aitu
              • Tuvaluan: aitu
            • Futunic:
              • Pukapukan: aitu
              • Futuna-Aniwa: fegaitua
            • Samoic:
              • Samoan: aitu
              • Tokelauan: aitu
        • Tongic:
          • Niuafo'ou: aitu
          • Niuean: aitu
          • Tongan: ʻeitumatupuʻa
    • West Fijian-Rotuman:
      • Rotuman: ʻoitu
      • Western Fijian: yanitu
  • Micronesian:
    • Chuukese: énú
    • Pohnpeian: eni
    • Puluwat: yanú
• Western Oceanic:
  • Gedaged: anut
  • Gitua: anutu
  • Mbula: kon