Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/banua

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banua/

Noun

*banua

  1. inhabited land (territory supporting the life of a community)

Descendants

  • Proto-Philippine: *banua
    • Batanic:
      • Ibatan: banua
      • Itbayaten: vanua
      • Ivatan: vanua
    • Central Luzon:
    • Greater Central Philippine:
    • Kalamian:
      • Agutaynen: banoa
    • Minahasan:
    • Northern Luzon:
    • Sangiric:
  • North Bornean
    • Southwest Sabahan
      • Dusunic
        • Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan: vonuvo
      • Paitanic
        • Tombonuo: wonuo
        • Upper Kinabatangan: wanuo
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Old Javanese: wanwa
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *banua

Further reading

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