Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/daləm

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Noun

*daləm

1. inside

Adjective

*daləm

1. inside, deep

Preposition

*daləm

1. in, inside, within

Descendants

• Banjarese: dalam
• Kendayan: dalam
• Ibanic
  • Iban: dalam, alam
  • Keninjal: dalam
  • Mualang: alam
  • Seberuang: dalam
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: dalam, dlm (abbreviation)
    • Indonesian: dalam
  • Brunei Malay: dalam
  • Central Malay: dalam
  • Kerinci: dalon
  • Minangkabau: dalam
  • Pattani Malay: ดาแล (dalɛ)
• Urak Lawoi': ดาลับ (dalap)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa