.MP FANAU :Have child, give birth, bear *1 Cf. PN *faanau *4 POC *pa(ny)aRu(d, k) "give birth, be born" (Bst.1978). *5 PMP *pañaRu "give birth" (ACD). [Based on PN and Chamorro only!] *8 Note. TON and NIU contrast short /a/ in the verb ("give birth") with long /aa/ in the noun ("offspring"). The great majority of Nuclear Polynesian languages have /aa/ in both forms. NIU Fanau. :Give birth, bring forth, lay eggs (McE) TON Fanau-'i. :Have a child or children (human, animal, fish, but not birds). To bear, give birth to. (Cwd) TON Fánów. :Pregnancy, childbirth (Mar)