Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/pat ~ pati

This Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih 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-Halmahera-Cenderawasih

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

*pat ~ pati

four

Descendants

Tandia: atteso
Mor (Austronesian): á'ó
Waropen: waoko
Cenderawasih Bay:
- Biakic:
  - Biak: fiak
  - Roon: fiak
  - Dusner: pati
  - Meoswar: fak
- Yapen:
  - Central-Western:
    - Wandamen: ate
    - Ansus: bo-a
    - Marau: ati
    - Ambai: bo-a
    - Central:
      - Pom: at
      - Munggui: bo-ati
      - Papuma: bo-a
      - Serui-Laut: bo-a
      - Busami: bo-a
  - Eastern:
    - Kurudu: bo-at
    - Wabo: bo-ata, bo-ate
- Southwestern:
  - Yeretuar: eat
  - Yaur-Yerisiam:
    - Iresim: áakà
Raja Ampat–South Halmahera:
- Waigeo: fat
- Biga: fat
- Maden: fat
- As: fat
- Maˈya-Matbat:
  - Ma'ya:
    Ma'ya: ˈfa¹²t
    
    Kawe: fat
    
    Legenyem: fat
    
    Wauyai: fat
  - Matbat: fa³t
- South Halmahera:
  - Gebe: fat
  - Central-Eastern:
    - Buli (Indonesia): fat
    - Maba: fot
    - Patani: fot
    - Sawai: fot
  - Southern:
    - Gane: fot, pfot
    - East Makian: phat, phot

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