Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/təlu

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Proto-Malayic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *təlu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

*təlu

  1. three

Descendants

  • Banjarese: talu
  • Kendayan: tau
  • Malay: telu (attested in Old Malay, otherwise obsolete)

References

  • Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*telu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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