Where does “rua” come from?
rua (Rapa Nui) comes from Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian rua, from Proto-Polynesian rua, from Proto-Oceanic rua, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha — two.
rua (Rapa Nui): two; leaf; vomit
Definitions
- two; leaf; vomit
Ancestry of “rua”, step by step
rua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Eastern Polynesian rua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | rua | — |
| 2 | Proto-Nuclear Polynesian | rua | — |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | rua | two |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | rua | two |
| 5 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | duha | — |
| 6 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | duha | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | duha | two |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *duha | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | duSa | two |