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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/laləj

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

*laləj

  1. housefly

Descendants

  • Malayic:
    • Brunei Malay: lalat
    • Malay: lalat
  • Old Javanese: lalĕr
  • South Sulawesi:
    • Buginese: lale'
    • Toraja-Sa'dan: lali'
  • Celebic:
  • Chamorro: lalo'
  • Palauan: iaes
  • Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • "lalej" in: Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.
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