Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/səjəm

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

*səjəm

1. k.o. black ant

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ibanag: taggam
    • Yogad: taggam
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Cebuano: sulom
    • Gorontalo-Mongondow
      • Gorontalo: tolomo
• South Sulawesi
  • Toraja-Sa'dan: sirrin
• Celebic
  • Wolio: sea

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *sejem.