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
    • Arosi: unu
  • Micronesian
    • Chuukese: wúnú
    • Woleaian: iuliul
  • Central Pacific
    • Proto-Polynesian: *unu
      • Nuclear Polynesian
        • Samoic–Outlier
          • Ellicean
            • Nukuoro: unusi
            • Tuvaluan: unu
            • Takuu: unuhia
          • Futunic
            • Anuta: unu
            • East Futuna: unu
            • Tikopia: unu
          • Samoic
            • Samoan: unusi
            • Tokelauan: unu
        • Eastern Polynesian
          • Marquesic
            • Hawaiian: unuhi
          • Tahitic
            • Maori: unu
            • Tahitian: unuhi
          • Rapa Nui: unu
      • Tongic
        • Tongan: unuhi
        • Niuean: unu

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *SuNus