< Reconstruction:Proto-Batak
Reconstruction:Proto-Batak/bəlag
Proto-Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəlaj (“spread out”).
Adjective
*bəlag
- wide
Descendants
- Northern
- Dairi Batak: belang
- Karo Batak: belang
- Southern
- Simalungun Batak: bolag
- Toba Batak: bolak
References
- K. A. Adelaar. 1981. "Reconstruction of Proto-Batak Phonology". In Robert A. Blust (ed.), Historical Linguistics in Indonesia: Part I, 1-20. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.