< Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian

Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/tənun

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology
  • Proto-Austronesian: *tənun ~ *tinun (Blust, 2008)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tənun/

Verb

*tənun

  1. to weave (cloth)

Descendants
  • Amis: tenoon
  • Atayal: cinun
  • Kavalan: tnun
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *tənun (see there for further descendants)
  • Paiwan: tjenun
  • Puyuma: tenun
  • Rukai: tinono (Budai)
  • Saisiyat: tonon
  • Sakizaya: tenun
  • Taroko: cinun
  • Thao: tnun

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.