Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bilik

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

Noun

*bilik

room

Descendants

Philippine
- - Central Philippine
    - Visayan
      - Tausug: bilik
  - Danao
    - Maguindanao: bilik
Malayo-Chamic
- Malayic
  - Malay: bilik
    - Indonesian: bilik
    - → Arabic: بِلِّيج (billīj), بَالِج (bālij), بَلَنْج (balanj) — taṣḥīf, after Hindi पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”)
      - → Judeo-Arabic: כליג (balīj)
    - → Portuguese: beliche
      - → Tetum: belixe