Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bənər

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Reconstruction

Although the sound changes appear to be regular, these could represent separate innovations between Western Indonesian and Eastern Polynesian, with the similarity being accidental on account of final *-r. Note that the Philippine reflexes appear to be borrowed from Malay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bənər/

Adjective

*bənər

  1. right, correct

Descendants

  • Proto-Polynesian: *pono
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      • Marquesic:
        • Hawaiian: pono
        • Mangarevan: ʻapono, popono
        • North Marquesan: pono
      • Tahitic:
    • Futunic:
  • Greater Barito:
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
    • Batak:
  • Lampungic:
  • Bali–Sasak-Sumbawa
  • Madurese: bendher
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Chamic:
      • Acehnese: beuna
    • Proto-Malayic: *bənər (see there for further descendants)
  • Sundanese: bener, beuneur
  • Old Javanese: bener

Further reading

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