ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*tenun to weave (cloth)

PAN tenun to weave cloth ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	t<um>nun	to weave (cloth, a mat)
	pi-t<um>nun-an	loom
Thao	tnun	weaving (abstract stem)
Puyuma	tənun	weave
Paiwan	tjenun	to weave
	tja-tjenun-en	threads already placed on the loom
WMP
Gayō	be-tenun	to weave
	tenun	weaving
Acehnese	teuneun	to drive in the weft (in weaving)
Kenyah	tenun	woven
Toba Batak	par-tonun-an	loom
	ma-nonun	to weave something
	tonun	weaving
Iban	nenun	to weave
	tenun	weaving
Malay	me-nenun	to weave
	tenun-an	method or style or product of weaving
	tenun	weaving; the art or process of making cloth from cotton, silk or fiber
Lauje	tonuŋ	to weave cloth
Tialo	tonun	to weave cloth
Kayan	tənun	woven cloth in general; cloth woven by hand
Tajio	tonuŋ	to weave cloth
Minangkabau	tanun	weaving
Tae'	tannun	to weave; threads for weaving
	tannun-an	weave for someone
Wolio	i-tanu	fabric, textile
	tanu	to weave
Makassarese	tannuŋ	loom; threads for weaving
Old Javanese	a-nenun	to weave, intertwine
Javanese	pa-tenun-an	place (especially factory) where weaving is done
	tenun-an	fabric, woven material
	pa-nenun-an	weaving loom
	nenun	to weave
Balinese	tenun	weave
	nenun	to weave
Malagasy	ma-nénona	to weave
	ténona	the warp and the weft; weaving
CMP
Leti	tennu	to weave
Manggarai	tenuŋ	to weave
Komodo	tenuŋ	to weave, to plait
Ngadha	tenu	to weave
	tenu até	to think, consider, reflect on
	ŋani tenu	loom
Kambera	tínuŋu	to weave
Wetan	maka-tenni	weaver
	tenni	to weave

Also Wetan tienni ‘to weave’.

PAN ta-tenun-an loom ⇫ ¶

Form.
Thao	ta-tnun-an	back loom
Puyuma	ta-tənun-an	frame of the weaving loom

PAN t<in>enun was woven by someone; what was woven ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	t<in>nun	have woven
Thao	t<i>nun	was woven; what was woven, weave
WMP
Old Javanese	t<in>ənun	to weave, intertwine

PAN t<um>enun to weave ⇫ ¶

Form.
Saisiyat	t<om>non	to weave (cloth, mat)
Thao	t<u>nun	to weave (usually cloth)
Puyuma	t<əm>ənun	to weave
Paiwan	tj<m>enun	to weave cloth
Favorlang/Babuza	t<um>enon	to weave
WMP
Tae'	t<um>annun	to weave

Also Pazeh tuʔun ‘to weave (cloth); to weave (a mat)’, saa-tuʔun ‘weaving instruments in general’, ta-tuʔun-an ‘a weaving machine’, Tialo toun ‘to weave cloth’.

PAN tenun-an loom ⇫ ¶

Form.
Paiwan	tjenun-an	loom
WMP
Malay (Sumatra)	tenun-an	loom
Malay	tenun-an	loom
Makassarese	tannuŋ-aŋ	what one has set up to weave with; kind of indicator for counting the quantity of threads
Javanese	tenun-an	loom

PAN t<in>enun-an woven cloth ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	t<in>nun-an	native cloth
Puyuma	t<in>ənun-an	woven material

PAN tenun-en to be woven by someone ⇫ ¶

Form.
Thao	tnun-in	be woven
WMP
Malagasy	tenom-ina	to be woven

Malagasy tenom-ina may be a hypercorrection, since *-m > -n, but the alveolar nasal then alternates with its labial source before a suffix.

Reconstructions

PAN	tenun	to weave cloth
PAN	ta-tenun-an	loom
PAN	t<in>enun	was woven by someone; what…
PAN	t<um>enun	to weave
PAN	tenun-an	loom
PAN	t<in>enun-an	woven cloth
PAN	tenun-en	to be woven by someone

Note

Also Bare'e tanu ‘to weave (< Buginese; only known by the Muslim population in the coastal regions’), Manggarai tenu ‘to weave’, Rotinese tenu ‘to weave’, te-tenu-k ‘weaving, the practice of weaving; loom’, Kisar kenna ‘to weave’.

Along with PAn *baRija, PMP *balija ‘batten of the loom’ this comparison provides solid evidence that the simple backstrap loom was used during the initial Neolithic settlement of Taiwan by speakers of Proto-Austronesian. The use of bark cloth evidently existed side-by-side with loom weaving of textiles, and when loom weaving was lost in some areas, as in interior Sulawesi, and much of the Pacific, bark cloth became the sole material used for clothing.

Weaving among Oceanic-speaking peoples is confined to a few villages on the north coast of New Guinea, the Caroline islands of Micronesia, and the Banks and Torres Islands of northern Vanuatu. Since cognate linguistic forms have not been found it is unclear whether this tradition represents a continuation of the practice from PAn, or is an independent invention after it had first been lost.