Topics in Polynesian Language and Culture History

Aatea agreements Biggs borrowing brother Central East Polynesian chapter child clear cognate common consonant continued correspondences culture daughter dialect doublets East Uvean Ellicean evidence examples first-order anthropomorphic fish given glottal stop gods Hawaiian innovations instance irregular islands kin terms known linguistic loss lost male man's Marquesan Marquesic meaning mentioned Niuean Note Nuclear Polynesian NZ Maori occurred Outlier pattern Pawley Polynesian languages possible present Primordial Pair Proto Central East Proto Nuclear Proto Polynesian Proto Tahitic protolanguages Rapanui reconstruction reference reflexes regular result retained retention same-sex Samoan seems shared sibling similar sister Society sources sporadic sporadic sound changes subgrouping suggest Taane Table Tahitian Tahitic Tongan Tongic traditions tree true tupuna vowel Western Polynesia woman