Reconstruction:Proto-Micronesian/faasa

This Proto-Micronesian 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-Micronesian

Alternative forms

  • *faa

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

*faasa

  1. string

Descendants

  • Nuclear Micronesian:
    • Kosraean: ah (“string, fishing line, rope, cord”), aht (“dangle, hang”)
    • Chuukic-Pohnpeic:
      • Proto-Chuukic: *faada
        • Chuukese: ffaat (“be strung (of fish)”), -ffaat (“strings of fish (counting classifier)”)
        • Puluwat: fááte (“to pierce it, penetrate it, string it (as fish)”)
        • Carolinian: ffaat (“stringer of fish”)
        • Mortlockese: faat (“string for hanging fish”)
        • Ulithian-Woleaian:
          • Woleaian: faa (“string, cord”), -faat (“numerical classifier for strung objects”)
        • Echangese:
          • Purepecha: data (“string, to stab through a string”), -data (“counting classifier for strings”)

References

  • Bender, Byron W.; Goodenough, Ward H.; Jackson, Frederick H.; Marck, Jeffrey C.; Sohn, Ho-Min; Trussel, Stephen; Wang, Judith W. (2003), “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, page 20–1 of 1–110
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