Te Reo Pukapuka
Pukapukan
Austronesian (Polynesian, Samoic-Outlier)
Pukapukan (Te Reo Pukapuka), spoken by ~2,000 people on the isolated Pukapuka Atoll in the northern Cook Islands and on nearby Nassau, is one of the most genealogically debated Polynesian languages: traditionally classed as a Samoic-Outlier yet showing East Polynesian and possibly Tokelauan substrate features, the result of pre-contact wave migrations across the central Pacific. It has typical Polynesian phonology with phonemic vowel length and glottal stop, but lexically diverges enough from Cook Islands Māori (rar) that the two are not mutually intelligible. The community is small but linguistically vital, with active orthography work since the 1990s.
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20 palavras essenciais em Pukapukan
Água
wai
/wai/
Fogo
yayi
/ˈjaji/
Sol
la
/la/
Lua
malama
/maˈlama/
Mãe
mama
/ˈmama/
Pai
matua
/maˈtua/
Comer
kai
/kai/
Beber
inu
/ˈinu/
Amor
aloha
/aˈloha/
Coração
loto
/ˈloto/
Árvore
lākau
/laːˈkau/
Casa
wale
/ˈwale/
Cão
kulī
/kuˈliː/
Gato
pusi
/ˈpusi/
Mão
lima
/ˈlima/
Olho
mata
/ˈmata/
Olá
kia orana
/kia oˈɾana/
Obrigado
meitaki
/meiˈtaki/
Um
tayi
/ˈtaji/
Bom
lelei
/leˈlei/
Fontes
- Salisbury, Mary C. (2002) A Grammar of Pukapukan. PhD thesis, University of Auckland.
- Beaglehole, Ernest & Pearl (1938) Ethnology of Pukapuka. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 150.
- Teingoa Kaina et al. (1993) Pukapukan-English Dictionary. Pukapuka Dictionary Project.
- Glottolog: Pukapukan
Palavras comparadas
Comparado com línguas Austronesian (Polynesian, Samoic-Outlier) relacionadas
| Significado | Pukapukan | Wallisian | toquelauano | Havaiano | tuvaluano | Samoano | Tonganês |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Água | wai /wai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | wai /wai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ | vai /vai/ |
| Fogo | yayi /ˈjaji/ | afi /aˈfi/ | afi /afi/ | ahi /ahi/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ | afi /afi/ |
| Sol | la /la/ | laʻā /laˈʔaː/ | la /la/ | lā /laː/ | laa /laː/ | lā /laː/ | laʻā /laʔaː/ |
| Lua | malama /maˈlama/ | māhina /maːˈhina/ | malama /malama/ | mahina /mɐˈhina/ | masina /masina/ | māsina /maːsina/ | māhina /maːhina/ |
| Mãe | mama /ˈmama/ | faʻē /faˈʔeː/ | matua /matua/ | makuahine /makuˈahine/ | maatua /maːtua/ | tinā /tinaː/ | faʻē /faʔeː/ |
| Pai | matua /maˈtua/ | tāmai /taːˈmai/ | tamana /tamana/ | makuakāne /makuaˈkaːne/ | tamana /tamana/ | tamā /tamaː/ | tamai /tamai/ |
| Comer | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | kai /kai/ | ʻai /ʔai/ | kai /kai/ | ʻai /ʔai/ | kai /kai/ |
| Beber | inu /ˈinu/ | inu /ˈinu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ | inu /inu/ |
| Amor | aloha /aˈloha/ | ʻofa /ˈʔofa/ | alofa /alofa/ | aloha /ɐˈloha/ | alofa /alofa/ | alofa /alofa/ | ʻofa /ʔofa/ |
| Coração | loto /ˈloto/ | mafu /ˈmafu/ | fatu /fatu/ | puʻuwai /puʔuˈwai/ | fatu /fatu/ | loto /loto/ | loto /loto/ |
| Árvore | lākau /laːˈkau/ | ʻakau /ʔaˈkau/ | lakau /lakau/ | lāʻau /laːˈʔau/ | laakau /laːkau/ | laʻau /laʔau/ | ʻakau /ʔakau/ |
| Casa | wale /ˈwale/ | fale /ˈfale/ | fale /fale/ | hale /ˈhale/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ | fale /fale/ |
| Cão | kulī /kuˈliː/ | kulī /kuˈliː/ | kuli /kuli/ | ʻīlio /ʔiːˈlio/ | kuli /kuli/ | maile /maile/ | kulī /kuliː/ |
| Gato | pusi /ˈpusi/ | pusi /ˈpusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pōpoki /ˈpoːpoki/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ | pusi /pusi/ |
| Mão | lima /ˈlima/ | nima /ˈnima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /ˈlima/ | lima /lima/ | lima /lima/ | nima /nima/ |
| Olho | mata /ˈmata/ | mata /ˈmata/ | mata /mata/ | maka /ˈmaka/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ | mata /mata/ |
| Olá | kia orana /kia oˈɾana/ | mālō te maʻuli /maːloː te maˈʔuli/ | malo ni /malo ni/ | aloha /ɐˈloha/ | taalofa /taːlofa/ | talofa /talofa/ | mālō e lelei /maːloː e lelei/ |
| Obrigado | meitaki /meiˈtaki/ | mālō /maːˈloː/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | mahalo /mɐˈhalo/ | fakafetai /fakafetai/ | faʻafetai /faʔafetai/ | mālō /maːloː/ |
| Um | tayi /ˈtaji/ | tahi /ˈtahi/ | tahi /tahi/ | ʻekahi /ʔeˈkahi/ | tasi /tasi/ | tasi /tasi/ | taha /taha/ |
| Bom | lelei /leˈlei/ | lelei /leˈlei/ | lelei /lelei/ | maikaʻi /maiˈkaʔi/ | lei /lei/ | lelei /lelei/ | lelei /lelei/ |
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