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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/luaŋ

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 *luaŋ (“hole in the ground, wide open space”). Doublet of *lubaŋ and *Ruqaŋ.

Noun

*luaŋ

  1. hole

Descendants
  • Old Javanese: luwaṅ (“pit, hole, cavity”)
  • Old Javanese: roṅ (“hole, cave, cavern”)
    • → Balinese: ᬭᭀᬂ (rong, “empty”)
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  • Proto-Oceanic:
    • Proto-Polynesian: *lua
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        • Pukapukan: lua
        • Samoan: lua
        • Tokelauan: lua

Noun

*luaŋ

  1. wide open space

Descendants
  • Proto-Philippine: *luaŋ (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
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