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Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *haŋafulu (compare with Hawaiian anahulu (“period of ten days”), Maori ngahuru (“ten”), Tongan hongofulu), from Proto-Oceanic (compare with Fijian sagavulu), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq (compare with Malay puluh (“-ty”) and sepuluh (“ten”), Tagalog sampulo (“ten”)), from Proto-Austronesian *puluq.[1]
Numeral
ʻahuru
- ten
- Synonym: hōʻē ʻahuru
- -ty
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “hagafulu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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