Papua Tanah Damai translates from Indonesian to "Papua, Land of Peace." In the context of Austronesian languages, tanah means "land," "earth," or "soil" . It traces back to the Proto-Malayic word *tanah , which evolved from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tanəq .  In Malay and Indonesian , damai means "peace" or "tranquility". It traces back to the Proto-Austronesian word damay , meaning "peace, empathy, or harmony". 1. Root word for peanut  land, soil, earth, ground - 土. 土豆 (peanut) These two set of analysis are questionable (under-analysed), especially the first one - loanwords diversity, not grammatical development.  Siraya revitalization (K.A. Adelaar) 2. Possible linguistic connection - people of the land, the soil. #tau - IN - 人- people (1930s Japanese report） Slit Drum (Austronesian)  - which I saw almost on a daily basis during the entire trip in Java Indonesia (a variety of sizes).  I suspect a connecti...