manuku

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk (“bird, chicken”), from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manuku/

Noun

manuku

1. bird

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
• Ross, Malcolm D. (2011) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 4, Animals, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)