Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tapəl

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

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *Capəl (“a patch; to patch”).

Noun

*tapəl

1. a patch, as on clothing

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: tápal
      • Bikol Central: tapól
      • Visayan
        • Aklanon: támpoe
    • South Mangyan
      • Hanunoo: tampúl
  • Kalamian
    • Agutaynen: tampel
• Kayanic
  • Baram Kayan: tapen
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Iban: tapal
    • Malay: tampal
      • Indonesian: tampal
  • Sundanese: tapel
• Old Javanese: tapĕl
  • Javanese: ꦠꦥꦼꦭ꧀ (tapel)
  • → Balinese: ᬢᬧᭂᬮ᭄ (tapel)
• South Sulawesi
  • Tamanic
    • Embaloh: tampal
• Celebic
  • Wotu–Wolio
    • Wolio: tampo
  • Muna–Buton
    • Muna: tampo
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Manggarai: tampel
  • Selaru–Seluwasan
    • Selaru: tabal
  • Kei–Tanimbar
    • Fordata: tafal

References

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