Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/unus

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-Malayo-Polynesian *hunus, from Proto-Austronesian *SuNus.

Verb

*unus

to withdraw; pull out; extract

Descendants

Western Oceanic
- Roviana: unusu
Central-Eastern Oceanic
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Arosi: unu
- Micronesian
  - Chuukese: wúnú
  - Woleaian: iuliul
- Central Pacific
  - Proto-Polynesian: *unu

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *SuNus