Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/panua

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (inhabited land).

Noun

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*panua

  1. village

Descendants

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References

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