Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/pat

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

Etymology

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

Numeral

*pat

four

Descendants

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *fat
- South Halmahera
  - Buli
    - Buli (Indonesia): fat
Proto-Oceanic: *pat
- Admiralty Islands
  - Western Admiralty Islands
    - Wuvulu-Aua: fa
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
  - East Fijian
    - Fijian: va
  - Proto-Polynesian: *fa
    - Nuclear Polynesian
      - Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        Anuta: pa
        
        Ellicean
        Kapingamarangi: haa
        
        Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: hā
        
        South Marquesan: fa
        
        Rapa Nui: ha
        
        Tahitic
        Maori-Moriori
        Maori: whā
        
        Rarotongan: ā
    - Rennellese: haa
    - Samoan-Tokelauan
      - Samoan: fā
    - Tongic
      - Tongan: fā
- Micronesian
  - Gilbertese: a
  - Nuclear Micronesian
    - Kosraean: ah-ŋ
    - Trukic
      - Ponapeic
        Pohnpeian: pah
      - Ulithian-Woleaian
        Woleaian: faa
- Western Oceanic
  - Meso-Melanesian
    - Core Meso-Melanesian
      - Saint Matthias
        Mussau-Emira: ata
  - North New Guinea
    - Ngero-Vitiaz
      - Huon Gulf
        Numbami: wata / ata
  - Papuan Tip
    - Nuclear Papuan Tip
      - North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
        Dobu-Duau
        Dobu: ata

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *pat