Protoform: TE-KAU [PN] Twenty
| Description: | Twenty |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *te "definite article singular", PN *kau.2c "group, company, bunch; counter/classifier for groups of 10 or 20" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ifira-Mele | Mi/jikao/ | Hundred < *rima-tekau | (Clk) |
| Mangareva | Takau | Dix | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Takau | 20 coconuts Phonologically Irregular | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Tekau | Twenty, Vingt, vingtaine (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Tàkóu | A score or twenty | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Tekau | Twenty | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tekau | Twenty (obsolete), ten (modern) (Bgs) | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Tekau | Twenty (only used in counting fish) | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Tekau | Classifier for Coconuts; twenty (10 pairs), score (used for counting fish, pearl shells, coconuts and pandanus leaves) | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | E/tchukau | Ten pairs of coconuts | (Lmt) |
| Rarotongan | Takau | A score Phonologically Irregular | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kau | Counting classifier, decades 20-90, for pairs of yams, tubers, etc | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Taʔau | Vingt (dix couples) Phonologically Irregular | (Lmt) |
| Tokelau | Tekau | Twenty Skipjack | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tekau | Twenty, score (of yams, fish, coconuts) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Teców. Gna/ców. | A score. The plural of tecow, a score, used only in counting out yams and fish | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Tekau | Twenty (bonito, mature nuts, drinking nuts) | (Rby) |
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