Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/unus

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 *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
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Samoic–Outlier
        Ellicean
        Nukuoro: unusi
        Tuvaluan: unu
        Takuu: unuhia
        Futunic
        Anuta: unu
        East Futuna: unu
        Tikopia: unu
        Samoic
        Samoan: unusi
        Tokelauan: unu
      - Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: unuhi
        Tahitic
        Maori: unu
        Tahitian: unuhi
        Rapa Nui: unu
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: unuhi
      - Niuean: unu

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *SuNus

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