Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/laŋo

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-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋaw, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋaw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ŋo/

Noun

*laŋo

1. housefly (insect)

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Fijian: lago
    • Proto-Polynesian: *laŋo
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: nalo
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: rango
            • Rakahanga-Manihiki: rango
            • Rarotongan: rango
            • Tahitian: raʻo
            • Tuamotuan: rago
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Nukumanu: rano
            • Nukuoro: lango
            • Pileni: lango
            • Sikaiana: lano
            • Takuu: lano, rano
            • Tuvaluan: lago
          • Futunic:
            • Anuta: rango
            • East Futuna: lago
            • Futuna-Aniwa: rago, lago
            • Mele-Fila: rago
            • Pukapukan: lango
            • West Uvean: lango
          • Samoic:
            • Samoan: lago
            • Tokelauan: lago
      • Tongic:
        • Niuafo'ou: lango
        • Niuean: lago
        • Tongan: lango
    • Rotuman: laga
    • Western Fijian: lago
• Western Oceanic:
  • Motu: lao

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *laŋaw