< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tuna
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central-Pacific *tuna, from Proto-Oceanic *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuna/
Noun
*tuna
- eel
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: kuna
- Mangarevan: tuna
- Tahitic:
- Maori: tuna
- Rarotongan: tuna
- Rapa: tuna
- Tahitian: tuna
- Tuamotuan: tuna
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean-Outlier:
- Nuguria: tuna
- Nukuoro: tuna
- Pileni: tuna
- Takuu: tuna
- Tuvaluan: tuna
- Futunic:
- Anuta: tuna
- East Futuna: tuna
- Futuna-Aniwa: tuna
- Pukapukan: tuna
- Tikopia: tuna
- Samoic:
- Niuatoputapu: tuna
- Samoan: tuna
- Ellicean-Outlier:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: tuna
- Tongan: tuna
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tuNa