uali

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *waji (“sibling”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji (“younger sibling of the same sex; younger parallel cousin of the same sex”), from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji (“younger sibling”). Compare Malay adik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwali/ [ˈwäː.li]
  • Hyphenation: ua‧li

Noun

uáli

  1. younger sibling

Marrucinian

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps inherited from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁-. Alternatively, it may have been borrowed from Latin valeō, itself from Proto-Italic *walēō.

Verb

uali (Second-person singular imperative)

  1. farewell

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 651
  • Rex Wallace (1984), The Sabellian Languages‎[1], page 105
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