Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/abala

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

According to Zorc (1979), it is derived from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa (“shoulder”) with a semantic shift.

Verb

*abala

(intransitive) to bother, disturb, annoy or inconvenience someone

Descendants

Abenlen Ayta: abala
Casiguran Dumagat Agta: abala
Hanunoo: abala
Kapampangan: abala
Pangasinan: abala
Tagalog: abala

References

Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 1
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*abála”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI