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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.
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *pəñu.
Pronunciation
Noun
*pəñu
- turtle
- sea turtle
Descendants
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *pəñu
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Maluku:
- Kei–Tanimbar:
- Fordata: fennu
- Yamdena: feni
- Sumba–Flores:
- Timor–Babar:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
- East Makian: hen
- Ma'ya: ꞌfe³n
- Sawai: fén
- Proto-Oceanic: *poñu
- Admiralty Islands:
- Eastern:
- Manus:
- Eastern Manus:
- Intermediate:
- Western Manus:
- Southeast:
- Western:
- Kaniet: foñ
- Seimat: hon
- Wuvulu-Aua: ponu
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
- Fijian: vonu
- Proto-Polynesian: *fonu
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: honu
- Mangarevan: ’onu
- North Marquesan: honu
- Rapa Nui: honu
- Tahitic:
- Maori: honu
- Rakahanga-Manihiki: honu
- Rapa: ’onu
- Rarotongan: ’onu
- Tahitian: honu
- Tuamotuan: honu
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Futunic:
- Samoic:
- Tongic:
- Western Fijian: vonu
- Micronesian:*woñu
- Southeast Solomonic:
- Bugotu–Gela:
- Malaita–Makira:
- Makira:
- Malaita:
- Central:
- Northern:
- Southern:
- Sa'a: honu
- Southern Oceanic:
- St. Matthias Islands:
- Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
- North New Guinea:
- Papuan Tip:
- Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Greater Barito:
- East Barito:
- Malagasy: fano (dialectal)
- Sama-Bajaw:
- Land Dayak:
- North Bornean:
- Central Sarawak:
- Southwest Sabah:
- Proto-Philippine: *pəñu
- Central Subanen: ponu
- Cotabato Manobo: pɨnu
- Ratahan: tomponu
- Celebic:
- Moklenic:
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
- Nias: fõnu
- Simeulue: eno
- Toba Batak: ponu
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Bali-Sasak:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
- Proto-Chamic:
- Acehnese: peunyie, pinyie, punyi
- Proto-Malayic: *pəñu
- Sundanese: penyu
- Old Javanese: penyu
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
- Buginese: pennyu
- Makasar: pannyu
- Selayar: pannyu
Further reading