Introduction
I made a map a couple of years back of this family when I went to see the Hōkūleʻa. Then recently I was working on an upcoming family for another Austronesian root that I want to link to this one, it was time to make it a full family!
Teaser
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Austronesian *bituqən star
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Northwest Formosan
- Pazeh bintun star
- Saisiyat bintoe'aen star
- Paiwan vitjuqan star
- Puyuma vituʔen star
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Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən star
- Chamorro putiʼon star
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Malayo-Sumbawan *bintaŋ star
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Malayic *bintaŋ star
- Malay bintang star, asterisk, celebrity
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Malayo-Sumbawan *bintaŋ parih the Star Rayfish, the Southern Cross (constellation)
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Chamic
- Aceh bintang paròë the Southern Cross (constellation)
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Malayic
- Iban bintang pari the Southern Cross (constellation)
- Malay bintang pari the Southern Cross (constellation)
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Malayo-Sumbawan *bintaŋ tujuh the Seven Stars, the Pleiades (constellation)
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Chamic
- Aceh bintang tujōh the Pleiades (constellation)
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Malayic
- Malay bintang tujuh the Pleiades (constellation)
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Mokenic
- Moken bituek star
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Oceanic *pituqun star
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Admiralty Islands
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Manus
- Leipon piti star
- Titan pítuy star
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Micronesian *fituu star
- Chuukese fúú star
- Kiribati itoi star
- Marshallese iju star, comet, planet
- Woleai fius star
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Papuan Tip
- Sinaugoro visiɣu star
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Polynesian *fetuʔu star
- Niuafoʻou fetuʻu star
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Nuclear Polynesian
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Samoic
- Samoan fetū star
- Tokelauan fetuu star
- Tuvaluan fetuu star, to shine (as a star)
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Eastern Polynesian
- Rapa Nui hetu'u star
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Marquesic
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Hawaiʻian hōkū star
- Hawaiʻian Hōkūleʻa Joy-Star, Arcturus
- Marquesan hetuu / fetuu star
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Tahitic
- Cook Islands Māori ʻētū star
- Māori whetū star
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Tahitian fetū sea star
- Tahitian fetiʻa star, medal displaced original fetū because of taboo avoidance
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Outlier Polynesian
- Anuta petuu star
- Takuu fetuu star
- Tikopia fetuu star
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Tongic
- Tongan fetuʻu star
- Niuēan fetū star
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Southeast Solomonic
- Arosi hi'u star
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Southern Oceanic
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North Vanuatu
- Mota vitu star
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Philippine *bituʔən
- Binukid bituen star
- Cebuano bitùun star, a kind of star-shaped fruit
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Central Philippine
- Tagalog bitùin star, celebrity
- Ilokano bituén star
- Manobo bituʔen star
- Sangir bituiŋ star
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South Halmahera–West New Guinea
- Maʼya tuén tuin star
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Timoric
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Luang witiona star
- Luang witiora woiti the Seven Stars, Ursa Minor (constellation)
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Tetun fitun star
- Tetun fitun suar comet
- Tetun fitun loro teen Venus as the evening star
- Tetun fitun rai naroma Venus as the morning star
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