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

sourness

Descendants

Proto-Philippine: *qaləsəm
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: alsem
  - Ibanag: assem
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: aslam
- Proto-Central Philippine: *qalsəm
  - Tagalog: asim
  - Proto-Bikol: *qalsəm
    - Bikol Central: alsom
  - Proto-Bisayan: *qasləm
    - Western Bisayan
      - Kinaray-a: aslëm
    - Central Bisayan
      - Hiligaynon: aslum
    - Cebuano: aslom
  - Danao
    - Maranao: asem
Proto-Malayic: *(ma-)hasəm (from earlier *ma-qalsəm)
- Malay: asam
  - Indonesian: asam

References

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