Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/pitu

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian edit

**Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers**
< 6	7	8 >
Cardinal : *pitu

Etymology edit

Any etymology beyond this reconstructed form is controversial. Sagart (2004) considers it to have arisen after Proto-Austronesian proper, rather than from a compound from *ɣatep (“five”) +‎ *duSa (“two”), and relates it to Kulon-Pazeh xasebidusa (literally “five and two”), but Winter (2010) rejects this on phonological and historical grounds.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pitu/

Numeral edit

*pitu

seven

Descendants edit

East Formosan:
- Kavalan: upitu
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *pitu
- Javanese: pitu
- Malagasy: fito
- Malayic: *pitu
  - Banjarese: pitu
  - Indonesian: pitu
  - Malay: pitu / ڤيتو
- Oceanic:
  - Fijian: vitu
  - Rotuman: hifu
  - Polynesian: *fitu
    - Hawaiian: hiku
    - Maori: whitu
    - Rapa Nui: hitu
    - Samoan: fitu
    - South Marquesan: fitu
    - Tongan: fitu
- Philippine:
  - Central Philippine:
    - Aklanon: pitó
    - Bikol Central: pitó
    - Cebuano: pito
    - Hiligaynon: pito
    - Tagalog: pito
    - Waray: pitó
  - Northern Luzon:
    - Ilocano: pito
- Tetum: hitu
- West Coast Bajau: pitu'

References edit

Sagart, Laurent. 2004. "The higher phylogeny of Austronesian and the position of Tai-Kadai." Oceanic Linguistics 43, 2:411–444.
Winter, Bodo. 2010. "A note on the higher phylogeny of Austronesian." Oceanic Linguistics 49, 1:282–287.