Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/panua

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 *banua (“inhabited land”).

Noun

*panua

1. village

Descendants

• Western Oceanic:
  • Hiri Motu: hanua
  • Molima: vanua
  • Motu: hanua
• Central–Eastern Oceanic:
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • 'Are'are: hanua
    • Arosi: hanua, henua
    • Bughotu: vanua
    • Kwaio: fanua
    • Longgu: vanua
    • Lau: fanua
    • Sa'a: hanua
  • Southern Oceanic:
    • Mota: vanua
    • Nokuku: wenua
    • Wusi: wanua
  • Micronesian:
    • Woleaian: faliuw
  • Central Pacific:
    • Fijian: vanua
    • Proto-Polynesian: *fenua
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: henua, honua
            • Mangarevan: ’enua
            • North Marquesan: henua
            • South Marquesan: fenua
          • Rapa Nui: henua
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: whenua
            • Rakahanga-Manihiki: fenua, henua
            • Rarotongan: 'enua
            • Tahitian: fenua
            • Tuamotuan: fenua
        • Samoic-Outlier:
          • Ellicean:
            • Kapingamarangi: fenua, henua
            • Sikaiana: henua
            • Takuu: fenua
            • Tuvaluan: fenua
          • Futunic:
            • Anuta: penua
            • East Futuna: fenua
            • Emae: fenua
            • Mele-Fila: fenua
            • Pukapukan: wenua
            • Tikopia: fenua
          • Samoic:
            • Samoan: fanua
            • Tokelauan: fenua
      • Tongic:
        • Niuafo'ou: fenua
        • Tongan: fonua

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.