Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ləpas

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

Verb

*ləpas

to set free, to let loose, to be liberated
passed by, come to an end

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: leppás
  - Cagayan Valley
    - Isnag: lappás
  - Northeastern Luzon
    - Central Bontoc: lepas
    - Batad Ifugao: lopah
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: lipás
    - Bikol Central: lípas
  - Danao
    - Maranao: lepas
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Gorontalo: lopato
  - South Mangyan
    - Hanunoo: alpas
- South Mindanao
  - Tiruray: lefas
Barito
- Sama–Bajaw
  - Central Sama: lopas, lappas
  - Yakan: lepas, lappas
  - Mapun: lopas, lappas
- East Barito
  - Malagasy: lefa
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Iban: lepas
  - Malay: lepas
    - Indonesian: lepas
  - Minangkabau: lapeh
- Sundanese: leupas
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: lepas
  - Sasak: lepas
Old Javanese: lĕpas
- Javanese: lepas
South Sulawesi
- Buginese: leppe'
- Makasar: lappasa'

References

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