Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tuna

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuna/

Noun

*tuna

freshwater eel

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Sumba–Flores:
    - Bima: duna
    - Kambera: tuna
    - Manggarai: duna, tuna
    - Ngadha: duna
  - Timor–Babar:
    - Baikeno: tunɛ
    - Bilba: tuna
    - Tetun Dili: tuna
  - → Eritai: tuna
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
    - Waropen: kuna
  - Proto-Oceanic: *tuna
    - Admiralty Islands:
      - Manus Islands:
        Gele': drun
        Kurti: drun
        Mondropolon: cun
      - Southeastern Islands:
        Lenkau: trun
        Penchal: run
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Central Pacific:
        Fijian: duna
        Proto-Polynesian: *tuna
        Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: kuna
        Mangarevan: tuna
        Tahitic:
        Maori: tuna
        Rarotongan: tuna
        Rapa: tuna
        Tahitian: tuna
        Tuamotuan: tuna
        Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean-Outlier:
        Nuguria: tuna
        Nukuoro: tuna
        Pileni: tuna
        Takuu: tuna
        Tuvaluan: tuna
        Futunic:
        Anuta: tuna
        East Futuna: tuna
        Futuna-Aniwa: tuna
        Pukapukan: tuna
        Tikopia: tuna
        Samoic:
        Niuatoputapu: tuna
        Samoan: tuna
        Tongic:
        Niuean: tuna
        Tongan: tuna
        Rotuman: funa
        Western Fijian: tuna
      - Micronesian: *tuna
        Kosraean: ton
        → Marshallese: toṇ
    - Western Oceanic:
      - North New Guinea:
        Ngero–Vitiaz
        Gitua: tuna
        Mbula: tuunu
        Schouten:
        Kairiru: tun
        Wogeo: tuña
      - Papuan Tip:
        Wedau: tuna
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Greater Barito:
  - Malagasy: tona
- Proto-Philippine:
  - Cebuano: tuna
  - Ibatan: tona
  - Yami: tona
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Malay: tuna