Where does “nuu” come from?
nuu (Tetum) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian ñiuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian niuʀ — coconut.
nuu (Tetum): coconut
Ancestry of “nuu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | ñiuʀ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | niuʀ | coconut |