Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/dilaq

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilaʔ/, /dilaq/

Noun

*dilaq

1. tongue (organ)

Descendants

• Bornean
  • North Bornean
    • North Sarawakan
      • Kiput: deleiʔ
• Old Javanese: dilah (“flame”), dilat (“tongue”), ilat (“tongue”), liḍah (“tongue”)
  • Javanese: ꦢꦶꦭꦃ (dilah, “lamp; lantern”)
    • → Malay: dilah (“lamp; lantern”)
      • Indonesian: dilah (“lamp; lantern”)
  • Javanese: ꦢꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (dilat, “to lick”)
  • Javanese: ꦲꦶꦭꦠ꧀ (ilat, “tongue”)
  • → Banjarese: ilat (“tongue”)
  • → Sundanese: ᮄᮜᮒ᮪ (ilat, “tongue”)
    • → Indonesian: ilat (“blade”)
  • Javanese: ꦭꦶꦝꦃ (lidhah, “tongue”)
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayo-Chamic
    • Proto-Chamic: *dilah
      • Acehnese: dilah, lidah (< Malayic ?)
      • Cham:
        • Eastern Cham: ꨕꨤꩍ (dalah)
      • Northern Cham
        • Tsat: la⁵⁵
    • Proto-Malayic: *lidah
      • Brunei Malay: lidah
      • Malay: lidah
        • Indonesian: lidah
• Philippine
  • Central
    • Tagalog: dila
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: dila