Hiri Motu

Noun

ranu

1. water

References

• Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
• Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133

Javanese

Noun

ranu

1. lake

Malagasy

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

Noun

ranu

1. (Bushi) water

References

• ASJP

Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *danum, from Proto-Austronesian *daNum.

Noun

ranu

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
• Blust's Comparative Austronesian Dictionary

Wuvulu-Aua

Noun

ranu

1. (Aua) water

References

• Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
• Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia (1988): POC *dranum 'water' > PAd *dranu > Aua ranu, Wuvulu xanu