Where does “ñamu” come from?

ñamu (Chamorro) comes from Proto-Oceanic ñamuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk — mosquito.

ñamu (Chamorro): mosquito

Definitions

  1. mosquito

Ancestry of “ñamu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicñamukmosquito
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianñamukmosquito

Words derived from “ñamu”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ñamuk →Every word from Proto-Oceanic ñamuk →
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