Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/daləm

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daləm, from Proto-Austronesian *daləm.

Noun

*daləm

inside

Adjective

*daləm

inside, deep

Preposition

*daləm

in, inside, within

Descendants

Banjarese: dalam
Kendayan: dalam
Ibanic
- Iban: dalam, alam
- Keninjal: dalam
- Mualang: alam
- Seberuang: dalam
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: dalam, dlm (abbreviation)
  - Indonesian: dalam
- Brunei Malay: dalam
- Central Malay: dalam
- Kerinci: dalon
- Minangkabau: dalam
- Pattani Malay: ดาแล (dalɛ)
Urak Lawoi': ดาลับ (dalap)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dalem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa