Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/balay

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balaj/

Noun

*balay

house (adobe)
hall (a meeting room)

Descendants

Borneo-Philippine:
- North Bornean:
  - Southwest Sabahan:
    - Dusunic:
      - Central Dusun: walai
- Philippine:
  - Binukid: balay
  - Buol: bole
  - Cebuano: balay
  - Hiligaynon: balay
  - Ibanag: balay
  - Ilocano: balay
  - Kapampangan: bale
  - Tagalog: bahay
  - Waray-Waray: balay
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Oceanic: *pale
    - Fijian: vale
    - Polynesian: *fale
      - Niuean: fale
      - Nuclear Polynesian:
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: hale
        Mangarevan: hare
        Maori: whare
        → English: whare
        Rapa Nui: hare
        Tahitian: fare
        Rennellese: hage
        Samoan: fale
        Tuvaluan: fale
      - Tongan: fale
Sunda-Sulawesi:
- Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Malayo-Chamic:
    - Malayic:
      - Malay: balai
        Indonesian: balai
- Palauan: bai