Aiwoo edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Oceanic *na puqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun.

Noun edit

nuwo

  1. base, bottom

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Oceanic *na patu (stone), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu.

Noun edit

nuwo

  1. seed

References edit

  • Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.