Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/haŋafulu

This Proto-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Polynesian

**Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers**
< 9	10
Cardinal : *haŋafulu

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq (for the root; see below).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌha.ŋaˈfu.lu/

Numeral

*haŋafulu

ten

Descendants

Niuean: hogofulu
Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
  - Hawaiian: ana-hulu/anahulu
  - Maori: ngahuru (archaic)
  - Rapa Nui: angahuru
  - South Marquesan: 'onohu'u
- Samoan: sefulu
Tongan: hongo-fulu/hongofulu

Notes

This word seems to be composed of a marker (*haŋa-) and a root (*-fulu). The Samoan sefulu shows that some languages have used the root but abandoned the marker. The Tongic languages tend to treat the root as being *-ŋafulu, but the existence of the irregular Tongan word uofulu (“twenty”), from *rua plus a suffix, testifies to the original root being simply (*-fulu). The marker is particular to Polynesian languages; the root derives from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq.