SimonWolf

12114

ProtoCentralPacific
Ex. Mori

Hawaiian

Samoan

Bauan

1.
2.

pou
tapu

pou
kapu

pou
tapu

bou
tabu

3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

ta?u
takere
noho
marama
kaho

kani
kaele
noho
malama
aho

ta?i
taele
nofo
malama
aso

tagi
takele
tiko
vula

Reconstructio Gloss
n
*pou
post
*tapu
forbidde
n
*ta?i
cry
*takele
keel
*nofo
sit
*malama
moon
*kaso
thatch

Set
1

Mori
p

SoundCorrespondences
Hawaiian
Samoan
Bauan
p
p
b

2
3
4
5

t
?

k
n

t
?

t
g

6
7
8

r
n
h

l
n
h

l
n
f

l
t
k

10
11

r
h

l
h

l
s

l?

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a_u
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a_a
#_o
o_o
a_o
#_a
a_a
a_a
o_o
a_o
#_a

Mori,Hawaiian,andSamoanaremorecloselyrelatedtooneanotherthantoBauan
basedoncorrespondencesets1,4,7,and9,whichshowcompletelysharedtraitsbetween
thethreelanguages,andsets3,8,and11,whichshowatraceablerelation.Withinthat
trio,itseemsthatSamoanandHawaiianaremorecloselyrelatedthanMoriandeither
becauseofsets5,6,and10.