Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/laban

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

Verb

*laban

1. to oppose; to go against someone

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: laban
    • Pangasinan: laban
    • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: laban
  • Central Luzon
    • Kapampangan: laban
  • Central Philippine
    • Tagalog: laban
    • Bikol Central: laban
    • Cebuano: laban
    • Mansaka: laban
• North Bornean
  • Southwest Sabahan
    • Coastal Kadazan: havan
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Iban: laban
    • Malay: lawan
      • Indonesian: lawan
    • Urak Lawoi': ลาวัด (lawat)
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: ᬮᬯᬦ᭄ (lawan)
    • Sasak: lawan
• Old Javanese: lawan
  • Javanese: ꦭꦮꦤ꧀ (lawan)
• South Sulawesi
  • Tae': laa
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central Maluku
    • Paulohi: lahan-e

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *laban₂.