Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/latəŋ

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

Alternative forms

• *zalatəŋ, *zilatəŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *laCəŋ.

Noun

*latəŋ

1. stinging nettle

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Cagayan Valley
      • Ibanag: aldatang
  • South Mindanao
    • Tiruray: lateng
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Batak
    • Alas-Kluet Batak: lateng
    • Karo Batak: lateng
    • Toba Batak: latong
  • Gayo: latong
  • Simeulue: lalateng
  • Nias: lato
• Lampungic
  • Lampung Api: jilatong
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Malay: jelatang
      • Indonesian: jelatang
    • Minangkabau: jilatang
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: lateng
    • Sasak: jelateng
• Old Javanese: latĕṅ
  • Javanese: lateng
• South Sulawesi
  • Buginese: lallateng
  • Makasar: la'latang
  • Tae': lelating
• Celebic
  • Tomini–Tolitoli
    • Dondo: anjalatong
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Kambera: lanténg
    • Manggarai: lanteng
    • Rembong: lantong
    • Ngadha: ladé
• Proto-Oceanic: *latoŋ, *salatoŋ, *silatoŋ
  • Admiralty Islands
    • Wuvulu-Aua: lala'o
  • Western Oceanic
    • North New Guinea
      • Manam: zalato
    • Meso-Melanesian
      • Roviana: jilatongo
      • Marovo: zilatongo
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Southern Oceanic
      • Mwerlap: ne-silat
    • Southeast Solomonic
      • Arosi: darao
      • Bauro: tarao
    • Central Pacific
      • Western Fijian: salato
      • Fijian: salato
      • Proto-Polynesian: *salato
        • Tongic
          • Tongan: salato
        • Nuclear Polynesian
          • Samoic–Outlier
            • Ellicean
              • Sikaiana: salato
              • Takuu: sarato
            • Futunic
              • Emae: salato
              • Tikopia: silato
              • Futuna-Aniwa: sirato
            • Samoic
              • Samoan: salato
          • Eastern Polynesian
            • Marquesic
              • Mangarevan: arato
            • Tahitic
              • Tahitian: harato

References

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