Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/mañawa

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-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ñawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɲawa/

Noun

*mañawa

1. breath
2. life force

Verb

*mañawa

1. to breathe

Descendants

• Admiralty Islands:
  • Wuvulu-Aua: manawanawa
• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Proto-Polynesian: *manawa
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: manawa
            • Mangarevan: manava
            • South Marquesan: menava
          • Rapa Nui: manava
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: manawa
            • Rakahanga-Manihiki: mānava
            • Rarotongan: manava
            • Tahitian: manava
            • Tuamotuan: manava
        • Ellicean–Outlier:
          • Kapingamarangi: manawa
          • Nukumanu: manava
          • Nukuoro: manava
          • Pileni: maanava
          • Tuvaluan: maanava
        • Futunic:
          • Anuta: maanava
          • Mele-Fila: maanava
          • East Futuna: manava, mānava
          • Futuna-Aniwa: manava
          • Pukapukan: manava, mānava
          • Tikopia: manava, maanava
        • Samoic:
          • Samoan: manava, mānava
          • Tokelauan: manava, mānava
      • Tongic:
        • Niuafo'ou: mānava
        • Niuean: manava
        • Tongan: manava, mānava
    • Rotuman: manava
  • Micronesian:
    • Chuukic:
      • Chuukese: manaw
      • Puluwat: mánaw
      • Woleaian: melaw
    • Gilbertese: manawa
    • Marshallese: menewnew
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • Malaita–Makira:
      • Arosi: manawa
      • Bauro: manawa
      • Fagani: manawa
  • Southern Oceanic:
    • Hiw: mənawə
• Western Oceanic:
  • Meso-Melanesian:
    • Vaghua: manava
  • North New Guinea:
    • Manam: manawa
    • Wogeo: mañawa

External links

• Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database – to breathe
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *NiSawa