faa-

Woleaian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Micronesian *faa-, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *pat, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əpat, from Proto-Austronesian *Səpat.

Numeral Prefix

faa-

1. four

Etymology 2

From Proto-Micronesian *faa-. Possibly from Proto-Oceanic *fafa (“underside”), from Proto-Austronesian *babaq (“underside”).

Noun

faa-

1. (locational) underside, bottom

References

• Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “faa-”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 52
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2013) “The Austronesian comparative dictionary: a work in progress”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 52, number 2, pages 493-523
• Bender, Byron W., Goodenough, Ward H., Jackson, Frederick H., Marck, Jeffrey C., Sohn, Ho-Min, Trussel, Stephen, Wang, Judith W. (2003) “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 1-110