Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taŋgal

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): /ˈtaŋɡal/

Adjective

*taŋgal

1. unfastened, detached

Descendants

• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Proto-Batak:
    • Southern
      • Toba Batak: tanggal
• Proto-Philippine:
  • Central Philipine
    • Bicol
      • Coastal Bikol
        • Bikol Central: tanggal (“detached; disconnected; removed”)
    • Visayan
      • Cebuano: tanggal
    • Tagalog: tanggál
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Malay: tanggal
        • Indonesian: tanggal
• Old Javanese: taṅgal (“waxing (of the moon), first half of the lunar month”)
  • Javanese: ꦠꦁꦒꦭ꧀꧈ ꦠꦔ꧀ꦒꦭ꧀ (tanggal, “date (day and month); beginning of the lunar month”)
    • → Indonesian: tanggal (“date (day and month)”)
  • → Balinese: ᬢᬗ᭄ᬕᬮ᭄ (tanggal, “day, date”)

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *taŋgal