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

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: alsem
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: asim
  - Bikol Central: alsom
  - Cebuano: aslom
  - Maranao: asem
Proto-Malayic:
- Malay: asam
  - Indonesian: asam

References

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

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