Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qaluʀ

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 *qaluʀ, from the root *-luʀ.

Noun

*qaluʀ

1. current; deep channel in the middle of a river

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Tagalog: alog
• Proto-Malayic: *halur
  • Malay: alur, alor
    • Indonesian: alur

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qaluR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI