Big Nambas edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *panako. Blust describes reconstruction of the earlier form of the word as "exceptionally complicated", but suggests an original Proto-Austronesian *Cakaw. Cognate with Maori whānako/whēnako and Fijian butako.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /iβ̺ənaɣ/, [iβ̺ənɑx]

Verb edit

iv'ənah

  1. he/she/it steals

References edit