Bender et al. 2003a
Bender, Byron, Ward H. Goodenough, Frederick H. Jackson, Jeffrey C. Marck, Kenneth L. Rehg, Ho-min Sohn, Stephen Trussel & Judith Wang. 2003. Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions–1. Oceanic Linguistics 42. 1-110.
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Sections
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Kinship
- 6.5 Settlement patterns and territory in the Proto Oceanic speech community
- 6.9 Mana
- 6.14 Counting: Numerals and numeral classifiers
Words
- PMic: manu
bird; Bird constellation consisting of Canopus, Sirius, and Procyon
living creature of land or air
- Puluwatese: mʷǣne-
♀brother
brother of (a woman)
- PMic: tina
mother, mother’s sister
- Kiribati: nāti, nati-
child
- PMic: fa(s,S)ua
o.s. sibling’s child
- Chuukese: mwǣni-
♀brother
- Woleaian: mʷāle-nnape
mother’s brother
- PChk: mʷeŋ[ae]ya
♀brother
- Chuukese: mʷoŋeya-
♀brother
- Woleaian: mʷaŋeya-
o.s. sibling
- PMic: lowu-
♂sister
- PMic: fale
meeting house
- PMic: kayinaŋa
clan, folk, tribe, stock
- PMic: sumʷuru
the star Antares
- PMic: māti-ciki
stars in Sagittarius
- PWMic: laka
stars in the constellation Pegasus
- PMic: kai
inform
- PMic: pʷā
tell
- PMic: waSe
count
- PMic: waSe-ki
count
- PChk: te-ŋa-ratʉ
1,000
- PMic: paa
leaf and stalk, frond
- PMic: ŋafa
fathom
measure in fathoms
- PMic: -mʷanū
length from elbow to finger tips