Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/tuNa

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tulʲa/

Noun

*tuNa

  1. freshwater eel

Descendants

  • Amis: toda
  • Pazeh: tula
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tuna (see there for further descendants)
  • Paiwan: tjulja
  • Puyuma: tula
  • Rukai: tula
  • Thao: tuza

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuNa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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