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”)
  • Javanese: ꦭꦸꦮꦁ (luwang, “to dig”)
  • Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦮꦺꦴꦁ (lowong, “vacant, empty”)
    • → Indonesian: lowong
    • → Sundanese: ᮜᮧᮝᮧᮀ (lowong)
• Old Javanese: roṅ (“hole, cave, cavern”)
  • → Balinese: ᬭᭀᬂ (rong, “empty”)
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Malay: luang
        • Indonesian: luang
• Proto-Oceanic:
  • Proto-Polynesian: *lua
    • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
      • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        • Hawaiian: lua
      • Pukapukan: lua
      • Samoan: lua
      • Tokelauan: lua

Noun

*luaŋ

1. wide open space

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *luaŋ