nuwo

Äiwoo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nuwo

1. base, bottom

Etymology 2

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

Noun

nuwo

1. seed

References

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