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Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/panua
Proto-Oceanic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land”).
Noun
*panua
- village
Descendants
- Western Oceanic:
- Hiri Motu: hanua
- Molima: vanua
- Motu: hanua
- Central–Eastern Oceanic:
- Southeast Solomonic:
- 'Are'are: hanua
- Arosi: hanua, henua
- Bughotu: vanua
- Kwaio: fanua
- Longgu: vanua
- Lau: fanua
- Sa'a: hanua
- Southern Oceanic:
- Mota: vanua
- Nokuku: wenua
- Wusi: wanua
- Micronesian:
- Woleaian: faliuw
- Central Pacific:
- Fijian: vanua
- Polynesian: *fenua
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: henua, honua
- Mangarevan: ’enua
- North Marquesan: henua
- South Marquesan: fenua
- Rapa Nui: henua
- Tahitic:
- Maori: whenua
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: fenua, henua
- Rarotongan: 'enua
- Tahitian: fenua
- Tuamotuan: fenua
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Kapingamarangi: fenua, henua
- Sikaiana: henua
- Takuu: fenua
- Tuvaluan: fenua
- Futunic:
- Anuta: penua
- East Futuna: fenua
- Emae: fenua
- Mele-Fila: fenua
- Pukapukan: wenua
- Tikopia: fenua
- Samoic:
- Samoan: fanua
- Tokelauan: fenua
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuafo'ou: fenua
- Tongan: fonua
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Southeast Solomonic:
References
Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.