ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*qa(m)pelas tree with leaves like sandpaper: Ficus spp.

PMP qa(m)pelas tree with leaves like sandpaper: Ficus spp. ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	aplāt	Ficus cumingii. Miq., Ficus odorata (Blanco) Merr., Ficus ulmifolia. Lam. Trees or shrubs with harsh leaves, that are used for scouring utensils
Bontok	ʔaplás	kind of shrub with edible fruit. Its rough leaves are used for smoothing wooden utensils: Ficus ulmifolia Lam. (Morac.)'
Ifugaw	aplah	to sandpaper with a rough leaf of an tree; a tree (Moraceae Ficus odorata Blanco Merr. or F. ulmifolia Lamk.) the leaves of which are used for sandpapering
Kankanaey	appás	Ficus cumingii Miq., Ficus validicaudata Merr., and similar species. Shrubs with fig-shaped fruits and rough leaves; family Moraceae
Ifugaw (Batad)	aplah	to sandpaper with a rough leaf of an tree; a tree (Moraceae Ficus odorata Blanco Merr. or F. ulmifolia Lamk.) the leaves of which are used for sandpapering
Toba Batak	ampolas	leaves which are used for polishing; also an implement of iron and bamboo used for polishing
Iban	randau empelas	creeper with rough leaves used as sandpaper: Tetracera assa
Malay	empelas	a plant: Tetracera assa; its leaves are used as sandpaper; to sandpaper
Banjarese	hampalas	a plant, Tetracera assa; the leaves are used as sandpaper
Mongondow	opoḷat	tree with leaves that can be used as sandpaper: Ficus politoria
Ngaju Dayak	hampelas	generic for trees and vines the dried leaves of which are very sharp and rough, and are so used by the Dayaks to sand or polish woodwork, knife handles, etc.
Tae'	ampallaʔ	Ficus semicordata, a type of fig tree with rough leaves used for polishing
Makassarese	ampallasaʔ	tree with broad leaves used to sand wood smooth: Ficus Ampelas
Sundanese	ampelas	tree with leaves used to sandpaper or to polish
Balinese	amplas	tree with hard, rough leaves which are used like sand-paper to smooth down wood
Sasak	amplas	a plant with leaves used as sandpaper: Tetracera assa
Proto-South Sulawesi	ampiɨllas	tree sp., Ficus politoria L. (the leaves of this tree can be used like sandpaper)
Malagasy	ampály	a shrub or tree, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for sand-paper: Ficus soroceoides Baker
CMP
Asilulu	wela-t	kind of abrasive leaf used for sanding
	wela	to file
Manggarai	pelas	a tree; its rough leaves are used to sand surfaces, and its small fruit is eaten: Ficus wassa

PWMP maŋ-qa(m)pelas to sandpaper, smooth by abrasion ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ifugaw	maŋ-aplah	to sandpaper with a rough leaf of an tree
Ifugaw (Batad)	maŋ-aplah	to sandpaper with a rough leaf of an tree
Toba Batak	maŋ-ampolas	to polish, scrape smooth or clean
Iban	ŋ-empelas	to polish, smooth something
Malagasy	man-ampàly	polish wood with the leaves

PWMP q<um>a(m)pelas to sandpaper ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ifugaw	um-aplah	that with which one sandpapers, i.e., a leaf of an tree
Ifugaw (Batad)	um-aplah	that with which one sandpapers, i.e., a leaf of an tree
Malay	m-empelas	a plant, Tetracera assa; to sandpaper

PWMP qa(m)pelas-en be sandpapered, smoothed by abrasion ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ifugaw	aplah-on	be sandpapered with a rough leaf
Ifugaw (Batad)	aplah-on	be sandpapered with a rough leaf
Malagasy	ampalèsina	be smoothed with the leaves

Reconstructions

PMP	qa(m)pelas	tree with leaves like…
PWMP	maŋ-qa(m)pelas	to sandpaper, smooth by…
PWMP	q<um>a(m)pelas	to sandpaper
PWMP	qa(m)pelas-en	be sandpapered, smoothed by…

Note

Also Ngaju Dayak tampelas ‘generic for trees and creepers with leaves that when dried are very sharp, coarse and tough, so that they are used by the Dayaks for sanding woodwork, darts, knife handles, etc.’, Javanese rempelas ‘a certain tree having rough-textured leaves; sandpaper’, Sangir belasseʔ ‘tree sp.’, Tontemboan awelas ‘Ficus politoria’, Mongondow poḷat, poat ‘tree with leaves that can be used as sandpaper’: Ficus politoria’, Rembong pelan ‘a tree: Ficus sp.’, Wetan apla ‘tree whose leaves are used as torch-wicks’. Ngaju Dayak hampelas exhibits the borrowed (Banjarese) reflex of *q-, but the native reflex of *e (Dyen 1956:85); I assume that it is a Banjarese loan which took place prior to the change of *e to Banjarese /a/. Since all three languages which reflect an initial consonant have merged PMP *q- and *h-, the initial consonant of *qapelas evidently is ambiguous. Tagalog haplás ‘rubbing application of liniment’ and similar forms in other Philippine languages are assumed to be distinct.

Also Ngaju Dayak tampelas ‘generic for trees and vines the dried leaves of which are very sharp and rough, and are so used by the Dayaks to sand or polish woodwork, knife handles, etc.’, Malay mempelas ‘a plant: Tetracera assa’, Javanese rempelas ‘tree with rough-textured leaves; sandpaper’, Tontemboan awelas ‘Ficus politoria, Ficus semicordata, Ficus Riedelii, Ficus hispida, Ficus fistulosa’.