Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/mañawa

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maɲawa/

Noun

*mañawa

breath
life force

Verb

*mañawa

to breathe

Descendants

Admiralty Islands:
- Wuvulu-Aua: manawanawa
Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
  - Polynesian: *manawa
    - Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: manawa
        Mangarevan: manava
        South Marquesan: menava
        Rapa Nui: manava
        Tahitic:
        Maori: manawa
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: mānava
        Rarotongan: manava
        Tahitian: manava
        Tuamotuan: manava
      - Ellicean–Outlier:
        Kapingamarangi: manawa
        Nukumanu: manava
        Nukuoro: manava
        Pileni: maanava
        Tuvaluan: maanava
      - Futunic:
        Anuta: maanava
        Mele-Fila: maanava
        East Futuna: manava, mānava
        Futuna-Aniwa: manava
        Pukapukan: manava, mānava
        Tikopia: manava, maanava
      - Samoic:
        Samoan: manava, mānava
        Tokelauan: manava, mānava
    - Tongic:
      - Niuafo'ou: mānava
      - Niuean: manava
      - Tongan: manava, mānava
  - Rotuman: manava
- Micronesian:
  - Chuukic:
    - Chuukese: manaw
    - Puluwat: mánaw
    - Woleaian: melaw
  - Gilbertese: manawa
  - Marshallese: menewnew
- Southeast Solomonic:
  - Malaita–Makira:
    - Arosi: manawa
    - Bauro: manawa
    - Fagani: manawa
- Southern Oceanic:
  - Hiw: mənawə
Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
  - Vaghua: manava
- North New Guinea:
  - Manam: manawa
  - Wogeo: mañawa

External links

Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database – to breathe
Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *NiSawa