vaꞌu

See also: vau, Vau, väü, and vaʻu

Rapa Nui
Rapa Nui cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : vaꞌu
    Dated form : varu

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian vaʻu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ʔu/
  • Hyphenation: va‧'u

Numeral

vaꞌu

  1. eight

References
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 172
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 147

South Marquesan
South Marquesan cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : vaꞌu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Oceanic *walu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *walu, from Proto-Austronesian *walu.

Numeral

vaꞌu

  1. eight

Yosondúa Mixtec

Noun

vaꞌu

  1. coyote

References
  • Farris, Kathryn (compiler) (2002) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca‎, 2nd ed. edition, SIL, published 2005
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