Topics in Polynesian Language and Culture History

Aatea agreements Biggs borrowing brother Central East Polynesian chapter child clear cognate common consonant continued Cooks correspondences daughter dialect divergence doublets East Uvean evidence examples first-order anthropomorphic fish given glottal stop gods Hawaiian innovations instance irregular islands kin terms known linguistic loss male man's Marquesan Marquesic meaning mentioned mother Niuean Note Nuclear Polynesian NZ Maori occurred Outliers parents pattern Pawley period Polynesian languages possible present Primordial Pair Proto Central East Proto Nuclear Proto Polynesian Proto Tahitic Rapanui reconstruction reference reflexes regular 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