Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qaləsəm

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *qaRsəm. Compare Proto-Tai *sɤmᶜ.

Noun edit

*qaləsəm

  1. sourness

Descendants edit

  • Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: alsem
    • Central Philippine
  • Proto-Malayic:

References edit

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.