menuko

Teanu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /menuko/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vanikoro *manukə, from Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk (“bird, chicken”), from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

menuko

1. bird

Etymology 2

Noun

menuko

1. companion, friend

References

• François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry menuko.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry menuko.
• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.