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Bikini, Niue

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• Austronesian ñiuʀ coconut ^[1]

  • Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ coconut

    • Bornean

      • Barito

        • Malagasy voanio coconut compound with "fruit"
    • Chamorro niyok
    • Malayo-Sumbawan

      • Chamic *laʔur

        • Acehnese u coconut
        • Tsat lu³³ coconut
      • Malayic *ñiur

        • Malay nyiur coconut
    • Philippine

      • Central Philippine

        • Tagalog niyog coconut
      • Ilokano niog coconut
      • Sangir niuhe' coconut
    • Timoric

      • Tetun nuu-fuan coconut compound with "fruit"
    • Oceanic *niuʀ

      • Fijian niu coconut
      • Micronesian

        • Chuukese nú coconut
        • Kiribati nii coconut tree

          • Kiribati uaa nii coconut compound with "fruit"
        • Marshallese ni coconut, coconut tree, plant in general

          • Marshallese Pikinni Surface of Coconuts (place name)

            • German Bikini

              • English Bikini

                • French Bikini

                  • French bikini bikini

                    • English bikini

                      • English -kini by re-analysis of bi- as referring to it being two-piece
        • Woleai liu coconut
      • Polynesian *niu

        • Tongic

          • Tongan niu coconut
          • Niuēan niu coconut

            • Niuēan Niuē O Coconut! (place name) vocative

              • English Niue
        • Niuafoʻou niu coconut

          • Niuafoʻou Niuafoʻou Many New Coconuts (place name)

            • English Niuafoʻou
        • Nuclear Polynesian

          • Samoan niu coconut
          • Eastern Polynesian

            • Marquesic

              • Hawaiʻian niu coconut
            • Tahitic

              • Māori niu coconut
• Austronesian *buaʔ fruit

  • Paiwan vuaq
  • Malayo-Polynesian *buaq fruit

    • Bornean

      • Barito

        • Malagasy voa fruit, seed, kidney

          • Malagasy voanio coconut
    • Kawi ꦮ꧀​ꦮꦃ wwah fruit

      • Javanese woh fruit
    • Malayo-Sumbawan *buah

      • Chamic *bɔh

        • Acehnese boh fruit
      • Malayic *buah

        • Malay buah fruit

          • Malay berbuah to fruit
      • Sundanese ᮘᮥᮃᮂ buah fruit
    • Timoric

      • Tetun fuan fruit, heart

        • Tetun nuu-fuan coconut
      • Uab Meto fua' fruit
    • Oceanic

      • Fijian vua fruit
      • Polynesian

        • Tongic

          • Tongan fua fruit
          • Niuēan fua fruit
        • Nuclear Polynesian

          • Samoan fua fruit, egg
          • Eastern Polynesian

            • Marquesic

              • Hawaiʻian hua fruit, egg, seed, effect
            • Tahitic

              • Māori hua fruit, egg, outcome, benefit
      • Micronesian

        • Chuukese foun fruit
        • Kiribati uaa fruit

          • Kiribati uaa ni coconut

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Collected English words

Bikini, bikini, -kini, Niue, Niuafoʻou

Footnotes

1. ^

   Even though I have no evidence of the word prior to Malayo-Polynesian (no Formosan reflexes), I have included it because Li Jen-kuei (aka Paul Li) says "PAN *n'iuR 'coconut' is completely lost in all Formosan languages.", and Li is obviously more qualified to make that decision than I am.