Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/quləj

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 *quləj

Noun

*quləj

1. worm

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: uleg
    • Meso-Cordilleran
      • Southern Cordilleran
        • West Southern Cordilleran
          • Pangasinan: olëg
  • Central Luzon
    • Kapampangan: ulad
  • Proto-Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: uod
      • Bikol
        • Coastal Bikol
          • Bikol Central: ulod
      • Proto-Bisayan
        • Cebuano: ulod
        • Central Bisayan
          • Hiligaynon: ulod
        • Southern Bisayan
          • Butuan-Tausug
            • Tausug: ūd
        • Western Bisayan
          • Aklanon: ueod
          • Kinaray-a: ulëd
  • Danao
    • Maranao: uled
    • Maranao: oled
• Malayo-Chamic
  • Malayic
    • Malay: ulat
      • Indonesian: ulat
• Old Javanese:
  • Javanese: uler (“caterpillar”)