Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/əsa(ʔ)

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 : *əsa(ʔ)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa (*əsa), from Proto-Austronesian *isa (*əsa).

Numeral

*əsa(ʔ)

one

Usage notes

In Malay and its descendants, this term is now archaic or even obsolete and is replaced by satu (from *sA-batu).

Descendants

Banjarese: asa
Malay: esa
- Indonesian: esa

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) “*isa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI