Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/ənəm

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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 : *ənəm

Pronunciation

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. From dualism of three *du- +‎ *dum, from Proto-Austronesian: *duma.

Same dualism numeral concept in:

Sound Changes Table
origin form nasalization form transition form pra-final form
*dudum *dundum *undum *unum

Numeral

*ənəm

  1. six

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Li, Paul Jen-kuei (2006) “Numeral Systems in Formosan Languages”, in The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, Routledge
  2. ^ Pater, Joe (2004) “Austronesian nasal substitution and other NC effects”, in NELS 34
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI