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Word Family - Moa

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moa, manuk

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Sino-Austronesian?
- Proto-Austronesian *manuk bird
  - Malayo-Polynesian
    
    Bajau memanuk bird
    Javanese ꦩꦤꦸꦏ꧀ manuk bird
    
    Malayic *manuk
    
    Malay manuk bird, chicken
    
    Phillipine
    
    Tagalog manók chicken
    
    Oceanic
    
    Micronesian
    
    Chuukese machang bird
    Kiribati man bird
    
    Polynesian *manu bird
    
    Tongan manupuna bird
    
    Nuclear Polynesian
    
    Samoan manu bird
    
    Eastern Polynesian
    
    Rapa Nui manu bird
    
    Marquesic
    
    Hawaʻian manu (flying) bird
    
    Tahitic
    
    Tahitian manu bird
    Māori manu bird, esteemed person
    
    Polynesian *moa fowl, chicken
    
    Tongan moa chicken
    
    Nuclear Polynesian
    
    Samoan moa chicken, fowl
    
    Eastern Polynesian
    
    Rapa Nui moa chicken
    
    Marquesic
    
    Hawaʻian moa chicken, fowl
    
    Tahitic
    
    Māori moa moa
    
    English moa
- Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk bird
  - Proto-Hmong *m-nɔŋᶜ
    
    White Hmong noog bird
  - Mienic *nɔkᴰ
    
    Iu Mien norqc bird
- Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ bird
  - Northern Tai
    
    Zhuang roeg bird
  - Southwestern Tai
    
    Lao ນົກ nok bird
    Thai นก nók bird
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋak
  - Burmish
    
    Burmese ငှက် hngak bird
  - Old Chinese *nɯːwʔ bird
    
    Middle Chinese neuχ bird
    
    Mandarin 鳥 niǎo bird
    Cantonese 鳥 niu⁵ bird
    
    Taiwanese 鳥 niáu bird

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