Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/balay

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /balaj/

Noun

*balay

house (adobe)
hall (a meeting room)

Descendants

Malayo-Polynesian: *balay
- Borneo-Philippine:
  - North Bornean:
    - Southwest Sabahan:
      - Dusunic:
        Central Dusun: walai
  - Philippine:
    - Binukid: balay
    - Buol: bole
    - Cebuano: balay
    - Hiligaynon: balay
    - Ibanag: balay
    - Ilocano: balay
    - Kapampangan: bale
    - Tagalog: bahay
    - Waray-Waray: balay
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    - Oceanic: *pale
      - Fijian: vale
      - Polynesian: *fale
        Niuean: fale
        Nuclear Polynesian:
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: hale
        Mangarevan: hare
        Maori: whare
        → English: whare
        Rapa Nui: hare
        Tahitian: fare
        Rennellese: hage
        Samoan: fale
        Tuvaluan: fale
        Tongan: fale
- Sunda-Sulawesi:
  - Malayo-Sumbawan:
    - Malayo-Chamic:
      - Malayic:
        Malay: balai
        Indonesian: balai
  - Palauan: bai

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