Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/daləm

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Noun

*daləm

1. inside

Adjective

*daləm

1. inside, deep

Preposition

*daləm

1. in, inside, within

Descendants

• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Alune: lale
  • Manggarai: delem
  • Sabu: ɗara
  • Selaru: rala
  • Tetun Dili: laran
  • Yamdena: dalam
  • Eastern Polynesian
    • Halmahera-Cenderawasih
      • Gebe: i-lalo
    • Proto-Oceanic: *lalom (see there for further descendants)
• Basap–Greater Barito:
  • Basap: terem
  • East Barito:
    • Dusun Witu: lalem
    • Ma'anyan: lalem
    • Malagasy: lalina
  • Mahakam:
    • Tunjung: delem
  • Sama-Bajaw:
    • Central Sama: lalom
    • Inabaknon: lalom
    • Mapun: lawom
    • West Coast Bajau: lalom
    • Yakan: lalem
  • West Barito:
    • Bakumpai: handalem
    • Ngaju: handalem
• Kayanic:
  • Bahau: halam
  • Baram Kayan: dalem
  • Busang Kayan: halem
  • Modang: delam
  • Murik (Malaysia): telem
  • Rejang Kayan: halem
• Land Dayak:
  • Bau Bidayuh: daang
  • Rejang: lem
• North Bornean:
  • Central Sarawakan:
    • Melanau-Kajang:
      • Central Melanau: dalem
      • Kajaman: naɮəm
      • Sekapan: naɮəm
    • Müller-Schwaner:
      • Hovongan: dahom
      • Kereho: dahom
  • Punan:
    • Bukitan: lolom, lalom
    • Punan Bah-Biau: lalom
    • Punan Tubu: lalom
    • Ukit: lalem
  • North Sarawakan:
    • Berawan: lum
    • Bintulu: dalem
    • Dayic:
      • Kelabit: lem, dalem
      • Lun Bawang: dalem
      • Sa'ban: belem
    • Bakung: dalem
    • Penan:
      • Eastern Penan: lem, dilem
      • Western Penan: dilem
  • Northeast Sabahan:
    • Ida'an: dallom, allom
    • Bonggi: dalabm
  • Southwest Sabahan:
    • Dusunic:
      • Brunei Bisaya: lalom
      • Central Dusun: aralom
      • Coastal Kadazan: aahom
      • Dumpas: alalom
      • Kimaragang: aralom, ralom
      • Labuk-Kinabatangan Kadazan: aralom
      • Rungus: aralom
    • Murutic:
      • Burusu: dalom
      • Northern Tidung: dalom
      • Timugon Murut: ralalom
    • Paitanic:
      • Tombonuo: olalom
      • Upper Kinabatangan: alalom, lalom
• Proto-Philippine: *daləm (see there for further descendants)
• Celebic:
  • Muna: lalo
  • Pamona: raya
  • Totoli: lalom
  • Uma: rala
• Moklenic:
  • Moken: dalam
  • Moklen: dɐːlɐn, lɐm
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
  • Nasal: delum
  • Toba Batak: dalom
• Chamorro: halom
• Lampungic:
  • Abung: dilem
  • Komering: dilom
  • Lampung Api: dilom
• Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa:
  • Balinese: dalem
  • Sasak: dalem
  • Sumbawa: dalam
• Madurese: dhalem
• Malayo-Chamic
  • Proto-Chamic: *dalam (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Malayic: *daləm (see there for further descendants)
• Sundanese: dalem
• Old Javanese: dalem
  • Javanese: dalem
• Proto-South Sulawesi:
  • Buginese: laleng
  • Embaloh: ilalam
  • Makasar: lalang, ilalang
  • Mandar: lalang
  • Tae': mandalan, lan

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *dalem