Aiwoo edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *ntu, from Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *ŋtu, from earlier *ŋutuq, from Proto-Oceanic *ŋujuq (mouth, snout), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋusuq, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋusuq.

Noun edit

nedu

  1. my mouth

References edit

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