Malaysia and Indonesia Malay In the Malay language ( both Malaysian Malay and Indonesian language ), benua means "landmass" or "continent". The word for "land" in these languages and nearby Austronesian languages — e.g., in Tana Toraja, Tana Tidung or Tanö Niha – are tanah or tana.From PAN *taneq ‘earth, soil, land’. — Robert Blust. 2010. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Banjar In the Banjar language, banua means "village" or "homeland". Old Javanese In the Old Javanese language, wanwa or wanua means "village", "inhabited place" or "settlement". Buginese In the Buginese language, banua means "village", "country", "land" or "homeland". Toraja In the Toraja language, banua means "home". Minahasa In all Minahasan languages, wanua means "village", "country", or "land". The word Kawanua means land of the Minahasan people. Dayak In Iban (used by the Dayak people), menua or menoa means "place", "country", "land" or "homeland". In many other Dayak languages, the word has the form binua. In Vanuatu In Vanuatu, vanua also means "land", "island" or "home."Sabine C. Hess, Person and Place: Ideas, Ideals and the Practice of Sociality on Vanua Lava, Vanuatu, Berghahn Books, 2009, p. 115. The name of the Vanua'aku Pati literally means "The party of My Land". Hence also the name of Vanuatu itself, and the place name Vanua Lava (literally ‘big island’ in Mota language). Lo-Toga In the Lo-Toga language, the word venie means "village", "island" or "country".Entry venie — A. François, 2020 , Lo-Toga – English online dictionary. Paris. Mwotlap In Mwotlap, the word vōnō means "village", "district", "island" or "country".Entry v[ō]nō — A. François, 2020 , A Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Paris.
Malaysia and Indonesia Malay In the Malay language ( the lingua franca of both Malaysia and Indonesia ), benua means "landmass" or "continent". The word for "land" in these languages and nearby Austronesian languages — e.g., in Tana Toraja, Tana Tidung or Tanö Niha – are tanah or tana.From PAN *taneq ‘earth, soil, land’. — Robert Blust. 2010. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD). Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Banjar In the Banjar language, banua means "village" or "homeland". Old Javanese In the Old Javanese language, wanwa or wanua means "village", "inhabited place" or "settlement". Buginese In the Buginese language, banua means "village", "country", "land" or "homeland". Toraja In the Toraja language, banua means "home". Minahasa In all Minahasan languages, wanua means "village", "country", or "land". The word Kawanua means land of the Minahasan people. Dayak In Iban (used by the Dayak people), menua or menoa means "place", "country", "land" or "homeland". In many other Dayak languages, the word has the form binua. In Vanuatu In Vanuatu, vanua also means "land", "island" or "home."Sabine C. Hess, Person and Place: Ideas, Ideals and the Practice of Sociality on Vanua Lava, Vanuatu, Berghahn Books, 2009, p. 115. The name of the Vanua'aku Pati literally means "The party of My Land". Hence also the name of Vanuatu itself, and the place name Vanua Lava (literally ‘big island’ in Mota language). Lo-Toga In the Lo-Toga language, the word venie means "village", "island" or "country".Entry venie — A. François, 2021 , Lo-Toga – English online dictionary. Paris. Mwotlap In Mwotlap, the word vōnō means "village", "district", "island" or "country".Entry v[ō]nō — A. François, 2021 , A Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Paris.
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