Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/rua

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Proto-Polynesian

Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *rua

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.[1]

Pronunciation

Numeral

*rua[1]

  1. two

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *lua
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *rua
      • Marquesic:
        • Hawaiian: lua
        • South Marquesan: 'ua
      • Tahitic:
      • Rapa Nui: rua
    • Samoic-Outlier:
      • Ellician:
      • Futunic:
      • Samoic:
  • Tongic: *ua
    • Niuean: ua
    • Tongan: ua

References

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