Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qulej

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

Inherited from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#QULƏJCategory:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#QULƏJ *quləj (“a type of small worm”).

Noun

*quləjCategory:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lemmas#QULƏJCategory:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian nouns#QULƏJCategory:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entries with incorrect language header#QULƏJCategory:Pages with entries#QULƏJCategory:Pages with 1 entry#QULƏJ

  1. worm
  2. maggot, caterpillar, larva of a metamorphosing insect

Descendants

  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Batanic
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: uleg (“snake”)
      • Meso-Cordilleran
        • Central Cordilleran
        • Southern Cordilleran
          • West Southern Cordilleran
            • Pangasinan: olëg (“snake”)
            • Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
              • Karao: oleg (“snake”)
              • Keley-I Kallahan: uleg (“snake”)
    • Central Luzon
    • Proto-Greater Central Philippine
      • Central Philippine
        • Tagalog: uod
        • Bikol
          • Coastal Bikol
        • Proto-Bisayan
          • Cebuano: ulod
          • Central Bisayan
          • Western Bisayan
          • Southern Bisayan
            • Butuan-Tausug
        • Mansakan
      • Subanen
        • Central Subanen: uled
      • Manobo
        • Ata Manobo: ulod (“snake”)
        • Obo Manobo: 'uod (“snake”)
        • Cotabato Manobo: uled (“snake”)
        • Western Bukidnon Manobo: uled (“snake; insect”)
      • Danao
      • Palawanic
        • Central Palawano: uled
        • Brooke's Point Palawano: uled
      • Gorontalo–Mongondow
    • Kalamian
    • South Mindanao
      • Tboli: kuled
      • Blaan
        • Koronadal Blaan: ulad (“snake”)
        • Sarangani Blaan: ulad (“snake”)
    • Sangiric
    • Minahasan
      • Tonsea: ude' (“snake”)
      • Tontemboan: uler
  • Greater Barito
  • Kayanic
  • North Bornean
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
    • Batak
      • Toba Batak: ulok (“snake”)
      • Simalungun Batak: ulog (“snake”)
      • Angkola Batak: ulog (“snake”)
      • Mandailing Batak: ulog (“snake”)
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Old Javanese: ulĕr
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
    • Tomini–Tolitoli
    • Saluan–Banggai
    • Kaili–Pamona
    • Muna–Buton
    • Wotu–Wolio
  • Chamorro: ulo'
  • Palauan: chuis
  • Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian
      • Sumba–Flores
      • Flores–Lembata
      • Kei–Tanimbar
      • Timoric
        • Tetum: ular
        • Wetar–Galoli
        • Luangic–Kisaric
      • Central Maluku
        • Buru (Indonesia): ule
    • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
      • Halmahera–Cenderawasih
      • Proto-Oceanic: *quloc
        • Admiralty Islands
          • Southeast
          • Manus
        • Western Oceanic
          • Meso-Melanesian
            • Northwest Solomonic
        • Central–Eastern Oceanic
          • Southeast Solomonic
            • Bugotu–Nggela
            • Malaita–Makira
          • Southern Oceanic
            • Mota: ulo
            • Southeast Ambrym: ui
          • Micronesian
          • Central Pacific

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qulej”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*quləj”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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