Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/duSa

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

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Cardinal : *duSa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dusa/

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Combination of *du- +‎ *əsa, which means dual *əsa. The root of the word *du- has "dualism" meanings.

Numeral

*duSa

1. two

Descendants

• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *duha
  • Malagasy: roa
  • West Coast Bajau: duo
  • Buginese: ᨉᨘᨓ (dua)
  • Proto-Philippine: *dua
    • Aklanon: daywa
    • Tagalog: dalawa
    • Ilocano: dua
    • Minangkabau: duo
    • Palawano (Southwest): dua
  • Proto-Malayic: *dua(ʔ)
    • Banjarese: dua
    • Malay: dua / duă / دوا
    • Indonesian: dua
  • Palu'e: rua
  • Tetum: rua
  • Proto-Oceanic: *rua
    • North-Central Vanuatu *rua
      • Hiw: vir̄ö
      • Mwotlap: vōyō
      • Big Nambas: iru
      • South Efate: inru
    • Micronesian
      • Marshallese: ruo
    • Central Pacific *rua
      • Fijian: rua
      • Rotuman: rua
      • Proto-Polynesian: *rua
        • Tongan: ua
        • Niuean: ua
        • Wallisian: lua
        • Samoan: lua
        • South Marquesan: 'ua
        • Hawaiian: lua
        • Rapa Nui: rua
        • Maori: rua

References

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