Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/danum

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 *daNum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /danum/

Noun

*danum

water (clear liquid H₂O)
Synonym: *wahiʀ

Descendants

Barito
- Malagasy: rano, ranu (Bushi)
- Ngaju: danum
- Tunjung: anum
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic: *ranum
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic
      - Rotuman: tanu
        Proto-Polynesian: *lanu
        Fijian: dranu
        Sa'a: dánu, dánu-'i
    - Proto-Micronesian: *canu-, *cacanu, *canucanu
      - Nuclear Micronesian:
        Marshallese: dān
        Kosraean: sroano-
        Gilbertese: ran
        Chuukic-Pohnpeic:
        Proto-Chuukic: *canú, *ccanú, *caccanú
        Chuukese: chaan (“fresh water, liquid”), chchén (“wet”)
        Puluwat: ɻaan
        Carolinian: shaal (“water, clear liquid”)
        Satawalese: ɻaan, ɻaal
        Ulithian-Woleaian:
        Woleaian: shaalú (“liquid, fresh water”), chechchalú (“filled with water”)
        Echangese:
        Sonsorolese: saanú
    - Western Oceanic
      - Motu: ranu
        Hiri Motu: ranu
Chamorro: hanom
Palauan: ralm
Batanic
- Yami: ranum
Proto-Philippine: *danum
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: danum
  - Cordilleran
    - Southern Cordilleran
      - Ibaloi: shanom
      - Kankanaey: danom
      - Pangasinan: danom
- Northeastern Luzon
  - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: dinom
  - Dinapigue Agta: dinúm
  - Dupaningan Agta: dinom
  - Nagtipunan Agta: dinúm
  - Pahanan Agta: dinúm
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: danúm
  - Northern Mindoro
    - Hanunoo: danum / ᜧᜨᜳᜫ᜴ (danum)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2013), “The Austronesian comparative dictionary: a work in progress”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 52, number 2, pages 493-523