Where does “pulo” come from?

pulo (Makasar) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

pulo (Makasar): precategorial root related to the number ten

Definitions

  1. precategorial root related to the number ten

Ancestry of “pulo”, step by step

pulo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
2Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Malay pulau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypulauisland; to ostracize

Words derived from “pulo”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →