Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tuna

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 *tuNa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuna/

Noun

*tuna

1. freshwater eel

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Sumba–Flores:
      • Bima: duna
      • Kambera: tuna
      • Manggarai: duna, tuna
      • Ngadha: duna
    • Timor–Babar:
      • Baikeno: tunɛ
      • Bilba: tuna
      • Tetun Dili: tuna
    • → Eritai: tuna
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
      • Waropen: kuna
    • Proto-Oceanic: *tuna
      • 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
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Greater Barito:
    • Malagasy: tona
  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Cebuano: tuna
    • Ibatan: tona
    • Yami: tona
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Malay: tuna

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tuNa