Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/tənun

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

• Proto-Austronesian: *tənun ~ *tinun (Blust, 2008)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tənun/

Verb

*tənun

1. to weave (cloth)

Descendants

• Amis: tenoon
• Atayal: cinun
• Kavalan: tnun
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tənun (see there for further descendants)
• Paiwan: tjenun
• Puyuma: tenun
• Rukai: tinono (Budai)
• Saisiyat: tonon
• Sakizaya: tenun
• Taroko: cinun
  • Seediq: tinun
• Thao: tnun

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *tenun