Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/quləj

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 *quləj

Noun edit

*quləj

worm

Descendants edit

Proto-Philippine:
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: uleg
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - Southern Cordilleran
      - West Southern Cordilleran
        Pangasinan: olëg
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: ulad
- Proto-Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: uod
    - Bikol
      - Coastal Bikol
        Bikol Central: ulod
    - Proto-Bisayan
      - Cebuano: ulod
      - Central Bisayan
        Hiligaynon: ulod
      - Southern Bisayan
        Butuan-Tausug
        Tausug: ūd
      - Western Bisayan
        Aklanon: ueod
        
        Kinaray-a: ulëd
- Danao
  - Maranao: uled
  - Maranao: oled
Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
  - Malay: ulat
    - Indonesian: ulat
Old Javanese:
- Javanese: uler (“caterpillar”)