Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fitu

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Proto-Polynesian

Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *fitu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pitu, from Proto-Austronesian *pitu.[1]

Numeral

*fitu[1]

  1. seven

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *fitu
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *fitu
    • Samoic-Outlier:
      • Ellicean:
      • Samoic:
  • Tongic: *fitu

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “FITU”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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