Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/təlu

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 : *təlu

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təlu/

Numeral

*təlu

1. three

Descendants

• Philippine:
  • Aklanon: tatlo
  • Cebuano: tulo
  • Hiligaynon: tatlo
  • Ilocano: tallo
  • Maguindanao: telu
  • Maranao: telo
  • Tagalog: tatlo
  • Tausug: tū
  • Waray-Waray: tulo
• Sama-Bajaw:
  • West Coast Bajau: telu
  • Yakan: tellu
• Sundanese: ᮒᮤᮜᮥ (tilu)
• Chamorro: tulu
• Javanese: telu
• Proto-Malayic: *təlu
  • Banjarese: talu
  • Indonesian: telu
  • Malay: telu / tĕlu / تلو (replaced by tiga)
• East Barito:
  • Malagasy: telo
• Timor-Babar:
  • Tetum: tolu
• Proto-Oceanic: *tolu
  • Fijian: tolu
  • Proto-Polynesian: *tolu
    • Tongan: tolu
    • Nuclear Polynesian:
      • Samoan: tolu
      • Wallisian: tolu
      • Eastern Polynesian:
        • Hawaiian: kolu
        • Maori: toru
        • South Marquesan: to'u
        • Rapa Nui: toru
        • Tahitian: toru