Where does “duna” come from?

duna (Bima) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

duna (Bima): a kind of large eel

Definitions

  1. a kind of large eel

Ancestry of “duna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
2Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa
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