Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/siwa

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 : *siwa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Siwa via a Formosan language. The expected reflex is *hiwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siwa/

Numeral

*siwa

1. nine

Descendants

• Balinese: siə
• Fijian: ciwa
• Malagasy: sivy
• Proto-Polynesian: *hiwa (see there for further descendants)
• Rotuman: siva
• Tetum: sia