Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/haŋafulu
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This Proto-Polynesian 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-Polynesian
| < 9 | 10 | |
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| Cardinal : *haŋafulu | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *caŋavulu, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋapuluq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa-ŋa-puluq.
Pronunciation
Numeral
*haŋafulu
Descendants
- Niuean: hogofulu
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Tongan: hongo-fulu/hongofulu
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.