Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/laləj

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

Noun

*laləj

housefly

Descendants

Malayic:
- Brunei Malay: lalat
- Malay: lalat
  - Indonesian: lalat
Old Javanese: lalĕr
- Javanese: laler
South Sulawesi:
- Buginese: lale'
- Toraja-Sa'dan: lali'
Celebic:
- Wolio: lale
Chamorro: lalo'
Palauan: iaes
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Tetum: lalar

External links

"lalej" in: Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.