Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/təlu

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

**Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : *təlu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təlu/

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. From Pra-Proto-Austronesian: *tədu, from combination *tə- +‎ *duSa which means more than two or one + two.

Numeral

*təlu

three
Synonym: *duma

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *təlu (see there for further descendants)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*telu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI