fale
Tuvaluan
noun
Definitions
- house abode
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *fale inherited from Proto-Oceanic *pale inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay inherited from Proto-Austronesian *balay.
Origin
Proto-Austronesian
*balay
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *balay Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *balay Proto-Austronesian
- hale Hawaiian
- *balay Proto-Malayic
- whare Maori
- balé Javanese
- ꦧꦭꦺ Javanese
- *fale Proto-Polynesian
- *pale Proto-Oceanic
- *balay Proto-Philippine
- vale Fijian
- *balay Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- hare Rapa Nui
- fale Samoan
- fale Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- *balay Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- bai Palauan
- fale Tahitian
- fare Tahitian
- wale Pukapukan
- walai Central Dusun