Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tuli

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 *Culi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuli/

Adjective

*tuli

1. deaf (not hearing)

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Li'o: tuli
    • Luang: tili (Wetan)
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic: *tuli (see there for further descendants)
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Proto-Philippine: *tuli
  • Celebic:
    • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *tuli
    • Kulisusu: culi
    • Muna: tuli
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
    • Gayo: mutuli
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Bali-Sasak:
      • Sasak: tuli
    • Proto-Malayic: *tuli
      • Iban: tuli
      • Malay: tuli
        • Indonesian: tuli
      • Urak Lawoi': ตูลี (tuli)
    • Acehnese: tuloë
  • Old Javanese: tuli
  • Proto-South Sulawesi:
    • Tae': katuling

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Culi