Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tuna

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuna/

Noun

*tuna

freshwater eel

Descendants

Admiralty Islands:
- Manus Islands:
  - Gele': drun
  - Kurti: drun
  - Mondropolon: cun
- Southeastern Islands:
  - Lenkau: trun
  - Penchal: run
Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
  - Fijian: duna
  - Proto-Polynesian: *tuna
    - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: kuna
        Mangarevan: tuna
        Tahitic:
        Maori: tuna
        Rarotongan: tuna
        Rapa: tuna
        Tahitian: tuna
        Tuamotuan: tuna
      - 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
    - Tongic:
      - Niuean: tuna
      - Tongan: tuna
  - Rotuman: funa
  - Western Fijian: tuna
- Micronesian: *tuna
  - Kosraean: ton
  - → Marshallese: toṇ
Western Oceanic:
- North New Guinea:
  - Ngero–Vitiaz
    - Gitua: tuna
    - Mbula: tuunu
  - Schouten:
    - Kairiru: tun
    - Wogeo: tuña
- Papuan Tip:
  - Wedau: tuna