Maori manawa

← Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *mañawa (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *manawa (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manihawa (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa (mention)

→ English Manawatu (derived)

→ Maori pūmanawa (prefix)

→ Tetum nawan (cognate)