Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/daləm

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 *daləm.

Noun

*daləm

  1. inside

Adjective

*daləm

  1. inside, deep

Preposition

*daləm

  1. in, inside, within

Descendants

  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Alune: lale
    • Manggarai: delem
    • Sabu: ɗara
    • Selaru: rala
    • Tetun Dili: laran
    • Yamdena: dalam
    • Eastern Polynesian
      • Halmahera-Cenderawasih
        • Gebe: i-lalo
      • Proto-Oceanic: *lalom (see there for further descendants)
  • Basap–Greater Barito:
    • Basap: terem
    • East Barito:
      • Dusun Witu: lalem
      • Ma'anyan: lalem
      • Malagasy: lalina
    • Mahakam:
    • Sama-Bajaw:
    • West Barito:
      • Bakumpai: handalem
      • Ngaju: handalem
  • Kayanic:
  • Land Dayak:
    • Bau Bidayuh: daang
    • Rejang: lem
  • North Bornean:
    • Central Sarawakan:
      • Melanau-Kajang:
        • Central Melanau: dalem
        • Kajaman: naɮəm
        • Sekapan: naɮəm
      • Müller-Schwaner:
    • Punan:
    • North Sarawakan:
    • Northeast Sabahan:
      • Ida'an: dallom, allom
      • Bonggi: dalabm
    • Southwest Sabahan:
      • Dusunic:
        • Brunei Bisaya: lalom
        • Central Dusun: aralom
        • Coastal Kadazan: aahom
        • Dumpas: alalom
        • Kimaragang: aralom, ralom
        • Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan: aralom
        • Rungus: aralom
      • Murutic:
        • Burusu: dalom
        • Northern Tidung: dalom
        • Timugon Murut: ralalom
      • Paitanic:
        • Tombonuo: olalom
        • Upper Kinabatangan: alalom, lalom
  • Proto-Philippine: *daləm (see there for further descendants)
  • Celebic:
  • Moklenic:
    • Moken: dalam
    • Moklen: dɐːlɐn, lɐm
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
    • Nasal: delum
    • Toba Batak: dalom
  • Chamorro: halom
  • Lampungic:
    • Abung: dilem
    • Komering: dilom
    • Lampung Api: dilom
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa:
  • Madurese: dhalem
  • Malayo-Chamic
    • Proto-Chamic: *dalam (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Malayic: *daləm (see there for further descendants)
  • Sundanese: dalem
  • Old Javanese: dalem
  • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • Buginese: laleng
    • Embaloh: ilalam
    • Makasar: lalang, ilalang
    • Mandar: lalang
    • Tae': mandalan, lan

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