Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/əsa

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

**Proto-Malayo-Polynesian cardinal numbers**
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Cardinal : *əsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *əsa, *isa, *asa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əsa/

Numeral

*əsa

one

Alternative forms

*isa

Descendants

Acehnese: sa
Balinese: sa
Chamorro: usa
Eastern Cham: tha
Philippine:
- Aklanon: isaea
- Cebuano: usa
- Hiligaynon: isa
- Ilocano: maysa
- Tagalog: isa / sang-
- Waray-Waray: usa
Haroi: sa
Jarai: sa
Malagasy: isa
Minangkabau: sa (sa-)
Northern Roglai: sa
Palu'e: sa
Proto-Malayic: *əsa(ʔ)
- Banjarese: asa
- Malay: esa
  - Indonesian: esa
Proto-Polynesian: *tasi
- Hawaiian: kahi
- Maori: tahi
- Rapa Nui: tahi
- Samoan: tasi
- Tongan: taha
Rade: sa
Rotuman: ta
Tsat: sa³³
Western Cham: sa