Vocabulary of Proto-Polynesian


1.    mother           *matu‘a fafine
2.    father           *matu‘a ta‘ane
3.    sister          


1.    water           *wai
2.    fire           *afi
3.    sun           *la‘aa


1.    cat          
2.    dog           *kulii
3.    horse          


1.    white          
2.    black           *‘uli‘uli
3.    red           *kulakula

* signifies hypothetical and reconstructed

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