Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/panua

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

Etymology

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

Noun

*panua

village

Descendants

Western Oceanic:
- Hiri Motu: hanua
- Molima: vanua
- Motu: hanua
Central–Eastern Oceanic:
- Southeast Solomonic:
  - 'Are'are: hanua
  - Arosi: hanua, henua
  - Bughotu: vanua
  - Kwaio: fanua
  - Longgu: vanua
  - Lau: fanua
  - Sa'a: hanua
- Southern Oceanic:
  - Mota: vanua
  - Nokuku: wenua
  - Wusi: wanua
- Micronesian:
  - Woleaian: faliuw
- Central Pacific:
  - Fijian: vanua
  - Proto-Polynesian: *fenua
    - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
      - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: henua, honua
        Mangarevan: ’enua
        North Marquesan: henua
        South Marquesan: fenua
        Rapa Nui: henua
        Tahitic:
        Maori: whenua
        Rakahanga-Manihiki: fenua, henua
        Rarotongan: 'enua
        Tahitian: fenua
        Tuamotuan: fenua
      - Samoic-Outlier:
        Ellicean:
        Kapingamarangi: fenua, henua
        Sikaiana: henua
        Takuu: fenua
        Tuvaluan: fenua
        Futunic:
        Anuta: penua
        East Futuna: fenua
        Emae: fenua
        Mele-Fila: fenua
        Pukapukan: wenua
        Tikopia: fenua
        Samoic:
        Samoan: fanua
        Tokelauan: fenua
    - Tongic:
      - Niuafo'ou: fenua
      - Tongan: fonua

References

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