Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/banua

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /banua/

Noun

*banua

  1. inhabited land (territory supporting the life of a community)

Descendants

  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *banua
    • Proto-Philippine: *banua
      • Batanic:
        • Ibatan: banua
        • Itbayaten: vanua
        • Ivatan: vanua
      • Central Luzon:
      • Greater Central Philippine:
      • Kalamian:
        • Agutaynen: banoa
      • Minahasan:
      • Northern Luzon:
      • Sangiric:
    • North Bornean
      • Southwest Sabahan
        • Dusunic
          • Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan: vonuvo
        • Paitanic
          • Tombonuo: wonuo
          • Upper Kinabatangan: wanuo
    • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
    • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • Old Javanese: wanwa
    • South Sulawesi
    • Celebic
    • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *banua

Further reading