Nauruan ara

← Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq (inherited)

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq (inherited)

→ Hawaiian koko (cognate)

→ Ilocano dara (cognate)

→ Malagasy ra (cognate)