Protoform: AFU.1 [EO] Offspring

Description: Offspring
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *afu.2 "shoot or sucker".
*5 PMP *ampu 'grandparent/grandchild (reciprocal)' (ACD)
*8 For EFU and FIJ, cf. POC *qapusa 'family, descendants' (Grace 1969)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Apu To spring forth (Fbg)
Anuta Apu/kere Earthsprung, autochthone (Fbg)
Arosi Afu Offspring, have offspring. (Fox)
East Futuna Afu(sa) Posterité Borrowed (Rch)
East Futuna ʔAfu/sa Postérité; descendants Borrowed (Mfr)
Fijian Yavu/sa Kin group.> (Cpl)
New Zealand Maori Aahu/nga Generation.> (Wms)
Rotuman Afu Generation (of persons related) Borrowed (Cwd)
Samoan Afu/a A feast made when the wife becomes pregnant (Prt)
Tikopia Afu Offspring, be descended from. (Fth)
Tuvalu Afu Offspring, have offspring.: fertile. (Rby)

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