tun̄

Lakon

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *tuŋu (“sap, juice of a plant or fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuŋ/

Noun

tun̄

1. water, freshwater.
2. drinkable liquid.
3. river, lake.

References

• See p.227 of: François, Alexandre (2011). Social ecology and language history in the northern Vanuatu linkage: A tale of divergence and convergence. Journal of Historical Linguistics 1 (2): 175–246. →DOI.