Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tuna

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 *tuna, from Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuna/

Noun

*tuna

1. freshwater eel

Descendants

• Admiralty Islands:
  • Manus Islands:
    • Gele': drun
    • Kurti: drun
    • Mondropolon: cun
  • Southeastern Islands:
    • Lenkau: trun
    • Penchal: run
• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Fijian: duna
    • Proto-Polynesian: *tuna
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: kuna
            • Mangarevan: tuna
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: tuna
            • Rarotongan: tuna
            • Rapa: tuna
            • Tahitian: tuna
            • Tuamotuan: tuna
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean-Outlier:
            • Nuguria: tuna
            • Nukuoro: tuna
            • Pileni: tuna
            • Takuu: tuna
            • Tuvaluan: tuna
          • Futunic:
            • Anuta: tuna
            • East Futuna: tuna
            • Futuna-Aniwa: tuna
            • Pukapukan: tuna
            • Tikopia: tuna
          • Samoic:
            • Niuatoputapu: tuna
            • Samoan: tuna
      • Tongic:
        • Niuean: tuna
        • Tongan: tuna
    • Rotuman: funa
    • Western Fijian: tuna
  • Micronesian: *tuna
    • Kosraean: ton
    • → Marshallese: toṇ
• Western Oceanic:
  • North New Guinea:
    • Ngero–Vitiaz
      • Gitua: tuna
      • Mbula: tuunu
    • Schouten:
      • Kairiru: tun
      • Wogeo: tuña
  • Papuan Tip:
    • Wedau: tuna

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tuNa