Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/malaŋ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/malaŋ

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaŋ/

Noun

*malaŋ

1. misfortune, bad luck

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Oceanic:
    • Polynesian: *mala
      • Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Marquesic:
          • Hawaiian: mala
        • Ellicean-Futunic:
          • East Futuna: mala
          • Pukapukan: mala
          • Tikopia: mala
          • Tuvaluan: mala
        • Samoic:
          • Samoan: mala
          • Tokelauan: mala
      • Tongic:
        • Niuean: malaia
        • Tongan: mala
    • Southeast Solomonic:
      • Sa'a: mala
    • Southern Oceanic:
      • Mota: mala
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Sunda-Sulawesi:
    • Balinese: malang
    • Malay: malang
      • Indonesian: malang

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *malaŋ
• Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – MALA.3