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Woleaian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Micronesian *faa-, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
Numeral Prefix
faa-
- four
Etymology 2
From Proto-Micronesian *faa-. Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (“underside”), from Proto-Austronesian *babaq (“underside”).
Noun
faa-
- (locational) underside, bottom
References
- Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “faa-”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 52
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2013) “The Austronesian comparative dictionary: a work in progress”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 52, number 2, pages 493-523
- Bender, Byron W., Goodenough, Ward H., Jackson, Frederick H., Marck, Jeffrey C., Sohn, Ho-Min, Trussel, Stephen, Wang, Judith W. (2003) “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 1-110