Protoform: QATU.2 [MP] Line, row

Description: Line, row
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> PN *faka-qatu "arrange in line or row"
*2 PCP *qatu "number of things in a line, row, as a chain of islands" (LPO II:43).
*4 POC *qatuR "? number of things in a line, row" (Ltk. 1985) (LPO II:43)
*5 PMP *qatuR "pave with stones; pile or stack up; arrange, order, put in sequence" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Atu Line, row (Yen)
Anuta (Nga) Atu/piti Vanikoro, Utupua, Reef and Duff Islands (i.e. Santa Cruz islands excluding Anuta and Tikopia) (Fbg)
Anuta (Te) Atu/raro All "islands" west of Anuta (i.e.Tikopia, Solomons, Banks, New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia) (Fbg)
Anuta (Te) Atu/runga All "islands" east of Anuta (e.g. Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii and America) (Fbg)
East Futuna ʔAtu Line, row (Bgs)
East Uvea ʔAtu Rang, rangee, ligne (Rch)
Fijian Yatu Line, row (Cpl)
Kapingamarangi Adu Warp beam stick of the loom (Lbr)
Kapingamarangi Atu/ tangata Generation (Ebt)
Niuafoʔou Atu fenua Chain of islands (Cct)
Niue Atu Line, row, group (Sph)
Pukapuka Atu Line or row (of people or things) (Bge)
Rennellese ʔAtu Row, column, group (as of islands) (Ebt)
Rennellese ʔAtu hano Ancestral line, patrilineal of matrilineal; to follow generations later (Ebt)
Rotuman Afu Number of things in a line, row (Cwd)
Samoan Atu Line, row (Prt)
Takuu Atu Tensioning strap of a backstrap loom (Mle)
Takuu Atu- Group of objects physically or conceptually in a line (Mle)
Tokelau Atu Row (or line of things); set in a row (Sma)
Tongan ʔOtu Line, row (Cwd)
Tongan Otoo A line or row (Mar)
Tuvalu Atu Group or chain of islands (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Atu A line of things (Lch)
Waya (Y)atu Group of things standing in a row or line,,, (Ply)
West Futuna Atu Row, line (Dty)
West Futuna Se/atu (ANI) Generation (Cpl)
West Futuna Atu tangata Descent line (Dty)
West Uvea Atu Rang, rangée; couplet (Hmn)

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