Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/siwa

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

**Proto-Oceanic numbers ^(edit)**
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: *siwa

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siwa/

Numeral

*siwa

nine

Descendants

Proto-Polynesian: *hiwa (see there for further descendants)

References

M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2023), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[1], volume 6: Society, Australian National University, pages 466–7
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Siwa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*Siwa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary