Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/laləj

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

Noun

*laləj

1. housefly

Descendants

• Malayic:
  • Brunei Malay: lalat
  • Malay: lalat
    • Indonesian: lalat
• Old Javanese: lalĕr
  • Javanese: laler
• South Sulawesi:
  • Buginese: lale'
  • Toraja-Sa'dan: lali'
• Celebic:
  • Wolio: lale
• Chamorro: lalo'
• Palauan: iaes
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Tetum: lalar

External links

• "lalej" in: Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.