Where does “mona” come from?

mona (Bunama) comes from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian məñak — fat; grease; ointment.

mona (Bunama): pudding boiled in a clay pot

Definitions

  1. pudding boiled in a clay pot

Ancestry of “mona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*moñakfat, oil
2Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*moñak—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianməñakfat; grease; ointment
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian məñak →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *moñak →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *moñak →