Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/əsa

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *əsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa, *isa, *asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsa/

Numeral

*əsa

1. one

Alternative forms

• *isa

Descendants

• Acehnese: sa
• Balinese: sa
• Banjarese: asa
• Chamorro: usa
• Eastern Cham: tha
• Philippine:
  • Aklanon: isaea
  • Cebuano: usa
  • Hiligaynon: isa
  • Ilocano: maysa
  • Tagalog: isa / sang-
  • Waray-Waray: usa
• Hawaiian: kahi
• Haroi: sa
• Indonesian: esa / sa
• Jarai: sa
• Malagasy: isa
• Malay: esa / ĕsă / se (se-) / sĕ (sĕ-) / sa (sa-) / să (să-) / اسا / س (س-)
• Minangkabau: sa (sa-)
• Maori: tahi
• Northern Roglai: sa
• Palu'e: sa
• Proto-Malayic: *isa(ʔ)
• Proto-Polynesian: *tasi
• Rade: sa
• Rapa Nui: tahi
• Rotuman: ta
• Samoan: tasi
• Tongan: taha
• Tsat: sa³³
• Western Cham: sa