Where does “menua” come from?

menua (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic bAnua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua, from Proto-Austronesian banua — inhabited land.

menua (Iban): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “menua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-MalayicbAnuainhabited land territory supporting the life of a community
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbanuainhabited land
3Proto-Austronesianbanuainhabited land

Words derived from “menua”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian banua →Every word from Proto-Malayic bAnua →