Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/unus

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 *hunus, from Proto-Austronesian *SuNus.

Verb

*unus

  1. to withdraw; pull out; extract

Descendants

  • Western Oceanic
    • Roviana: unusu
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Southeast Solomonic
    • Micronesian
      • Chuukese: wúnú
      • Woleaian: iuliul
    • Central Pacific
      • Proto-Polynesian: *unu
        • Nuclear Polynesian
          • Samoic–Outlier
            • Ellicean
              • Nukuoro: unusi
              • Tuvaluan: unu
              • Takuu: unuhia
            • Futunic
            • Samoic
              • Samoan: unusi
              • Tokelauan: unu
          • Eastern Polynesian
            • Marquesic
              • Hawaiian: unuhi
            • Tahitic
              • Maori: unu
              • Tahitian: unuhi
            • Rapa Nui: unu
        • Tongic
          • Tongan: unuhi
          • Niuean: unu
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