Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/duma

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *duma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duma/

Etymology 1

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. From Proto-Sino-Austronesian: *dum, compare to Old Chinese: *s.rum (Baxter-Sagart), means other from dualism (*du-), or Other people outside the couple.

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. From *duSa +‎ *ma → *du(Sa)ma means two before (five), *ma probably can have meaning "before".

  • *duSama → *duhma →*duma

Adjective

*duma

  1. other

Numeral

*duma

  1. three
    Synonym: *təlu

Derived terms

(Note: these derivations are very tentative)

  • *du-*duma (“dual three”)

Descendants

  • Makatao: ra-ruma

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*duma”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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