Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/moana

This Proto-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-Polynesian

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Oceanic *masawaŋ affixed from *sawaŋ (“channel, passage”) thus ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (“atmosphere, distance”). Compare with Malay sawang (“expanse”), Iban sawang (“gap”), Tagalog sáwang (“depth”).[1][2][3]

Noun

*moana

  1. ocean (sea beyond the reef)

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Tongic:

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 245-246
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “moana”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 93-4
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