Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/telu

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This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *telu

Pronunciation

Numeral

*telu

  1. three
    Synonym: *duma

Descendants

  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *təlu (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*telu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI