Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tənun

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.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tənun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tənun/

Verb

*tənun

1. to weave (cloth)

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Sumba–Flores:
      • Kambera: tínungu
      • Komodo: tenung
      • Manggarai: tenung, tenu
      • Ngadha: tenu
    • Timoric:
      • Bilba: tenu
      • Kisar: kenna
      • Leti: tennu
      • Luang: tenni
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
      • Irarutu: nuɛn
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Greater Barito:
    • East Barito:
      • Malagasy: tenona
  • Kayanic:
    • Baram Kayan: tenun
  • North Borneo:
    • Proto-North Sarawak:
      • Bakung: tenun
  • Proto-Philippine: *tinun
    • Batanic:
      • Ibatan: tinon
      • Yami: cinon
    • Northern Luzon:
      • Cagayan Valley:
        • Gaddang: sinun
        • Isnag: sinnón
  • Celebic:
    • Tomini–Tolitoli:
      • Lauje: tonung
      • Tajio: tonung
      • Tomini: tonun
    • Kaili–Pamona:
      • Pamona: tanu
      • Uma: tanu
    • Wotu–Wolio:
      • Wolio: tanu
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
    • Gayo: tenun
    • Toba Batak: tonun
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa:
      • Balinese: tunun
    • Madurese: tennun
    • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
      • Proto-Chamic:
        • Acehnese: teuneun
      • Proto-Malayic:
        • Iban: tenun
        • Malay: tenun
          • Indonesian: tenun
        • Minangkabau: tanun
    • Sundanese: tinun
  • Old Javanese: anenun
    • Javanese: tenun
  • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • Makasar: tannung
    • Tae': tannun

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *tenun