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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/Siwa
Proto-Austronesian
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Cardinal : *Siwa | ||
Etymology
Any etymology beyond this reconstructed form is controversial. Sagart (2004) considers it to have arisen after Proto-Austronesian proper, and relates it to Kulon-Pazeh xasebisupat (literally “five and four”), but Winter (2010) rejects this on phonological and historical grounds.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siwa/
Numeral
*Siwa
- nine
Descendants
- Malayo-Polynesian: *siwa (see there for further descendants)
References
- Sagart, Laurent. 2004. "The higher phylogeny of Austronesian and the position of Tai-Kadai." Oceanic Linguistics 43, 2:411–444.
- Winter, Bodo. 2010. "A note on the higher phylogeny of Austronesian." Oceanic Linguistics 49, 1:282–287.