Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/dua(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 : *dua(ʔ)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

*dua(ʔ)

1. two

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: dua
• Banjarese: dua
• Brunei Malay: dua
• Malay: dua
  • Indonesian: dua
• Minangkabau: duo
• Urak Lawoi': ดูวา (duwa)

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