Where does “duo mpu dekau'” come from?

duo mpu dekau' (West Coast Bajau) comes from West Coast Bajau duo mpu, from West Coast Bajau duo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

duo mpu dekau' (West Coast Bajau): twenty-one

Definitions

  1. twenty-one

Ancestry of “duo mpu dekau'”, step by step

duo mpu dekau' traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via West Coast Bajau duo mpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Coast Bajauduo mputwenty
2West Coast Bajauduotwo
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha—
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via West Coast Bajau dekau'

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Coast Bajaudekau'one
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *duha →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha →