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

Etymology

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

Noun

*qaləsəm

1. sourness

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: alsem
  • Central Philippine
    • Tagalog: asim
    • Bikol Central: alsom
    • Cebuano: aslom
    • Maranao: asem
• Proto-Malayic:
  • Malay: asam
    • Indonesian: asam

References

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