Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 436
*hoalu
• eight (independent numeral).
Note: MRB, PAD: oalu; all others: hoalu. Note two Mori Bawah wordlists have o'alu ‘eight’ (with glottal insertion). The loss of h in MRB and PAD is ascribed to contamination from the other numerals, where prothetic vowel o- is regular.