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Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/pat

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This Proto-Eastern 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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

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Etymology

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

Numeral

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*pat

  1. four

Descendants

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  • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *pat ~ pati
  • Proto-Oceanic: *pat
    • Admiralty Islands
      • Western Admiralty Islands
        • Wuvulu-Aua: fa
    • Central-Eastern Oceanic
      • East Fijian
        • Fijian: va
      • Proto-Polynesian: *fa (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Micronesian: *faa-, *fa-
      • Nauruan: aeoq (from *a-faa-ko-ua)
      • Nuclear Micronesian:
        • Gilbertese: a
        • Kosraean: ahng
          • Chuukic-Ponapeic:
            • Ponapeic:
            • Ulithian-Woleaian:
    • Southern Oceanic
    • Western Oceanic
      • Meso-Melanesian
        • Core Meso-Melanesian
          • Saint Matthias
            • Mussau-Emira: ata
      • North New Guinea
        • Ngero-Vitiaz
      • Papuan Tip
        • Nuclear Papuan Tip
          • North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
            • Dobu-Duau
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