Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/malaŋ

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malaŋ/

Noun

*malaŋ

1. misfortune, bad luck

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Proto-Oceanic:
    • Proto-Polynesian: *mala
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian::
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: mala
            • Mangarevan: mara
          • Rapa Nui: mara
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean-Futunic:
            • East Futuna: mala
            • Pukapukan: mala
            • Tikopia: mara, 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:
  • Balinese: malang
  • Malay: malang
    • Indonesian: malang

Further reading

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