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This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-OceanicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.
NumeralEdit
*pat
- (cardinal) four
DescendantsEdit
- Admiralty Islands
- Western Admiralty Islands
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
- East Fijian
- Polynesian: *fa
- Nuclear Polynesian
- Rennellese: haa
- Samoan-Tokelauan
- Tongic
- Micronesian
- Western Oceanic