Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pat

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

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral

**Proto-Oceanic cardinal numbers**
< 3	4	5 >
Cardinal : *pat

*pat

four

Descendants

Admiralty Islands
- Western Admiralty Islands
  - Wuvulu-Aua: fa
Central-Eastern Oceanic
- East Fijian
  - Fijian: va
- Proto-Polynesian: *fa
  - Nuclear Polynesian
    - Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
      - Anuta: pa
      - Ellicean
        Kapingamarangi: haa
      - Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Marquesic
        Hawaiian: hā
        
        South Marquesan: fa
        
        Rapa Nui: ha
        
        Tahitic
        Maori-Moriori
        Maori: whā
        
        Rarotongan: ā
  - Rennellese: haa
  - Samoan-Tokelauan
    - Samoan: fā
  - Tongic
    - Tongan: fā
Micronesian
- Gilbertese: a
- Nuclear Micronesian
  - Kosraean: ah-ŋ
  - Trukic
    - Ponapeic
      - Pohnpeian: pah
    - Ulithian-Woleaian
      - Woleaian: faa
Western Oceanic
- Meso-Melanesian
  - Core Meso-Melanesian
    - Saint Matthias
      - Mussau-Emira: ata
- North New Guinea
  - Ngero-Vitiaz
    - Huon Gulf
      - Numbami: wata / ata
- Papuan Tip
  - Nuclear Papuan Tip
    - North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
      - Dobu-Duau
        Dobu: ata
Southern Oceanic
- Central Vanuatu
  - Malakula
    - Aulua: e mbis
    - Big Nambas: iv'a
    - Maskelynes: ivat
    - Labo: wes
    - Tirax: ilim
    - Neverver: ivat
- Southern Melanesian
  - South Efate: ipat

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *pat