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Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/balay

Proto-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay (“public building, community house, guest house”).

Noun

*balay

house

Descendants

Batanic
- Yami: vaxay
Central Luzon
- Kapampangan: balé
Central Philippine
- Bikol
  - Bikol Central: balay
- Bisayan
  - Cebuano: balay
  - Cuyunon: balay
  - Hiligaynon: balay
  - Masbatenyo: balay
  - Waray-Waray: balay
  - Tausug: bāy
- Old Tagalog: balay
  - Tagalog: bahay
Gorontalo–Mongondow
- Buol: bole
Proto-Northern Luzon
- Ibanag: balay
- Ilocano: balay
Manobo
- Binukid: balay

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *balay

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