Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/punay

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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 *punay.

Noun

*punay

  1. greenish fruit dove

Descendants

  • Philippine
    • Batanic
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: punay
      • Isnag: punay
    • Central Luzon
    • Greater Central Philippine
    • Sangiric
    • Minahasan
  • Barito
  • North Bornean
    • Southwest Sabahan
    • North Sarawakan
  • Kayanic
  • Northwest Sumatra—Barrier Islands
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
    • Tomini–Tolitoli
    • Kaili–Pamona
    • Bungku–Tolaki
    • Wotu–Wolio
  • Oceanic: *bune
    • Admiralty Islands
    • Western Oceanic
    • Central–Eastern Oceanic
      • Southern Oceanic
      • Central Pacific