tjenun

Paiwan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tənun.

Verb

tjenun

1. to weave

Derived terms

• tjmenun (“to weave (cloth)”)
• tjenunan (“a loom”)
• tjatjenunen (“threads already placed on loom”)

References

• Roger Ferrell (1982) Paiwan Dictionary, Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University