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Where does “tua-” come from?

tua- (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian tua-.

tua- (Maori): prefixed to numerals 1 through 9 to produce an...

Definitions

  1. prefixed to numerals 1 through 9 to produce an...

Ancestry of “tua-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiantua-—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian tua- →