Protoform: FANAU [MP] Have child, give birth, bear

Description:	Have child, give birth, bear
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:	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.

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Niue	Fanau	Give birth, bring forth, lay eggs	(McE)
Tongan	Fanau-ʔi	Have a child or children (human, animal, fish, but not birds). To bear, give birth to.	(Cwd)
Tongan	Fánów	Pregnancy, childbirth	(Mar)

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