Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/manuk

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

Possibly cognate with Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ (“bird”), Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk (“bird”). Note also Old Chinese 鷁 (OC *ŋɡleːɡ, “a kind of aquatic bird”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manuk/

Noun

*manuk

  1. bird; chicken
    Synonym: *qayam

Descendants

  • East Formosan:
    • Kavalanic:
      • Basay: manuk
      • Trobiawan: manukka
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *manuk
    • Bolongan: manuq
    • Land Dayak:
    • Proto-Philippine:
    • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
        • Proto-Oceanic:
          • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
            • Fijian: manu
            • Proto-Polynesian:
      • Timor-Babar
    • Javanese: manuk
    • Kaili-Pamona
    • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Muna-Buton:
    • Palauan: malk
    • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • → Proto-North Halmahera: (as flying fox, bat)
      • Galela: mano
      • Tobelo: manoko
      • Tabaru: manoko
      • Sahu: mano'o
      • Ternate-Tidore

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*manuk”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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