iv'ənah
Big Nambas
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editiv'ənah
- he/she/it steals
References
edit- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox