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Proto-Polynesian
Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers
< 9
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10
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Cardinal : *haŋafulu
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Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *caŋavulu, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋapuluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa-ŋa-puluq.
Pronunciation
Numeral
*haŋafulu
- ten
Descendants
Notes
This word seems to be composed of a marker (*haŋa-) and a root (*-fulu). The Samoan sefulu shows that some languages have used the root but abandoned the marker. The Tongic languages tend to treat the root as being *-ŋafulu, but the existence of the irregular Tongan word uofulu (“twenty”), from *rua plus a suffix, testifies to the original root being simply (*-fulu). The marker is particular to Polynesian languages; the root derives from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq.