Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/tolu

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Proto-Polynesian

Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *tolu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tolu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tolu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.[1]

Pronunciation

Numeral

*tolu[1]

  1. three

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *tolu
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *toru
    • Samoic-Outlier:
      • Ellician:
      • Futunic:
      • Samoic:
  • Tongic: *tolu

References

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