Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tolu

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This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

Proto-Oceanic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *tolu

*tolu

  1. three

Descendants

  • Central-Eastern Oceanic: *tolu
    • Central Pacific: *tolu
      • East Fijian:
        • Fijian: tolu
      • Proto-Polynesian: *tolu
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *tolu
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *toru
          • Samoic-Outlier:
        • Tongic: *tolu
    • Southern Oceanic: *tolu
      • North-Central Vanuatu:
      • Southern Melanesian:
  • Temotu:
    • Vanikoro:
      • Teanu: tete (< ti- + te < *tolu)
  • Western Oceanic: *tolu
    • Meso-Melanesian: *tolu
      • Bali-Vitu:
        Uneapa: tolu