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This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

**Proto-Austronesian numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: təlu, duma

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Category:Requests for expansion of etymologies in Proto-Austronesian entries#TƏLU From Pra-Proto-Austronesian: *tədu, from combination *tə- +‎ *duSaCategory:Proto-Austronesian compound terms#TƏLU which means more than two or one + two.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təlu/Category:Proto-Austronesian terms with IPA pronunciation#TƏLU

Numeral

*təluCategory:Proto-Austronesian lemmas#TƏLU Category:Proto-Austronesian numerals#TƏLU Category:Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers#TƏLU Category:Proto-Austronesian entries with incorrect language header#TƏLU Category:Pages with entries#TƏLU Category:Pages with 1 entry#TƏLU

three
Synonym: *duma

Descendants

Tsouic:
- Tsou: turu
- Southern Tsouic:
  - Kanakanabu: u-tulu
  - Saaroa: u-tulu
Western Plains:
- Thao: turu
- Central Western Plains:
  - Papora: tulu
Northern Formosan:
- Plains:
  - Saisiyat: toloʔ
  - Pazeh: turu
- Proto-Atayalic: *təruʔ
  - Taroko: teru
East Formosan:
- Kavalanic:
  - Basay: tsu
  - Kavalan: turu
- Ami:
  - Amis: tolo
Bunun: tau
Ketangalan: tuluCategory:Ketangalan terms in nonstandard scripts#TƏLU
Proto-Rukai: *toLo
- Rukai: tulru
Puyuma: teɭu
Paiwan: tjelu
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *təlu (see there for further descendants)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*telu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*təlu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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