vanua

Fijian

noun

Definitions

land

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Oceanic *panua inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (territory, inhabited land) inherited from Proto-Austronesian *banua.

Origin

Proto-Austronesian

*banua

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

banwa Cebuano
*banua Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*banua Proto-Austronesian
*bənua Proto-Malayic
*fenua Proto-Polynesian
banwa Bikol Central
*panua Proto-Oceanic
banwa Hiligaynon
fonu Chuukese
Belau Palauan
ᮘᮥᮃᮔ Sundanese
Vanuatu Bislama