The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*zalan path, made by a human as opposed to an animal; way or means to do something

PAN zalan path, made by a human as opposed to an animal; way or means to do something ⇫

Form.
Basai tsatsan path, road
Trobiawan tsatsan road
Kavalan mani-razan to take the same way
nan-razan same way of life
razan road, path, trail
sa-razan to pass through the bush
Saisiyat raLan road
Hoanya dzalan road
Sakizaya daðan path, road
Thao saran path, road
mu-saran go out onto the road; take out onto the road
Pazeh daran road, trail
Bunun daan road
daan road, path
Bunun (Isbukun) daan road
Kanakanabu caánə road, path
Tsou cronə road
Amis lalan path, road, street, highway; direction figuratively; means to do something
Siraya daraŋ road, path
Puyuma daɭan road
mi-a-daɭan spirits of the road
p<in>u-daɭan-an place where a road has been made
Paiwan djalan road, trail, path
ta-djalan a tsautsau same kind of people
pu-djalan to have a road; make a road
ta-djalan same, same kind of (“one road”)
Favorlang/Babuza tarran road, path
Proto-Rukai daɭanə road

PMP zalan path, made by a human as opposed to an animal; way or means to do something; wake of a boat; the Milky Way ⇫

WMP
Itbayaten raxa-raxan road
raxan path, wake, footpath, trace of boat-passing on the water; wheel track; furrow
ka-raxan act of passing
maka-raxan to pass away, to be out of season
ma-naxan to be leaking, passing through
Tsat la:n¹¹ path, road
Isneg dad-dalán-ān road
dálan path
Agta (Central Cagayan) dilan road, path, trail
Malaweg dalan path, road
Itawis ma-nálan to walk
dálan road
Agta (Dupaningan) dilan road, path, trail
Bontok dálan trail, path, road
Ifugaw dálan path; nowadays horsetrail, road for large vehicles; act of walking, traveling
dālan a way, habitually used in going from one place to another; to walk (person or animal); make a path through a given area by clearing it with a bolo, walking back and forth over the same area; for the sun, moon, stars, water in a river, spirit beings, to follow a set course
Ifugaw (Batad) dālan a way, habitually used in going from one place to another; to walk (person or animal); make a path through a given area by clearing it with a bolo, walking back and forth over the same area; for the sun, moon, stars, water in a river, spirit beings, to follow a set course
Ibaloy on-shalan to drop by somewhere for a quick visit enroute to somewhere else
man-shalan to pass a certain way
shalan trail, road; route; way
shalan-en to take a certain route
Casiguran Dumagat dilan path, trail, way; to walk on a trail
Pangasinan dalán road, way, street, path
Ilokano pa-dalán-en to give way; make way
dálan road, street, path; passage; track; corridor; aisle
i-dálan to advise; guide; influence
dalán-en to follow a road
Kapampangan dálan road, way, passage
Tagalog dáan ~ daán road, street, thoroughfare; way, passageway; track, trail, path
Jarai jəlan path, road
Chamorro chalan road, highway, street, path
Buhid dálan path, road
Cham jalan path, road
Hanunóo dálan trail, path, road, route
Masbatenyo dálan path, trail, street, road, way
Tboli lan path, way, road; area worked on; handiwork; to pass through, follow a path
Aklanon dáean road,way, path, trail, street; be carried away by, be led by; almost forget (something else)
Waray-Waray dálan road, street; avenue, way; path, highway
Agutaynen dalan road, street; fig., the way, methodology, standards one follows in one’s work, life, beliefs; the way by which something is achieved, accomplished
Hiligaynon dálan street, road, path, cleared path
Moken jalan path, road
Cebuano sin-dálan to do something else while walking
dálan street, road, way; way, means; the way one acts, lives
Binukid dalan path, trail, way; road, street
Maranao lalan a rogoʔ blood vessel
lalan path, trail, road, way, course, street
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) dalan trail, path
Palauan rayl road; path; way; connection (between families, etc.)
Klata dala trail
Maguindanao lálan path, road
Rungus Dusun ralan path, road
Mansaka daran path, trail, way; road, street
Tiruray dolon road, highway, path, trail
Yakan mata lān the middle of the road
lān ~ lalan path, trail, road, way
Mapun lan-an a way of doing something
lān road; street; path; highway; time
Kadazan Dusun in-d̲ahan-an place to walk
d̲ahan way
Kujau raLan path
Minokok raLan path
Ida'an Begak dalan road
Tausug dān way, road, trail, street, path
dān-an the cause (of something), course of events leading up to (something)
Murut (Paluan) ralan path, road
Penan (Long Lamai) jalan path, road
Penan jalan path, road
Narum jaliən path, road
Lun Dayeh delan-in path to be taken
Tabun dalan path
Lun Dayeh dalan road, route, street, way
nalan to walk, travel
Kiput dalaan path
dalaan lalun road (‘big path’)
Talaud daḷanna path, road
Sa'ban alin path, road
Kenyah jalan path, road
Kelabit dalan path, road
nalan to walk
me-dalan help someone walk
Merap n͂ala͂ə̯͂ path, road
Sangir daḷeŋ path, trail, road
Melanau (Mukah) jalan path
Toba Batak dalan way, path; manner, way, means; opportunity; cause, occasion
Karo Batak dalan path, road; means to achieve something; cause of something; way of doing something
Iban jalai bumai method of farming, way to farm
jalai way, path, road; go, walk, travel; way of doing something, method, solution (way out) of difficulty
jalai asuʔ hunting trail
Malay jalan bahasa way of speech, idiom
ber-jalan to walk, go
jalan movement in a definite direction; course; road; way; way to do something
Tonsea lalan path, road
Tontemboan to-lalan the Milky Way
lalan way, path; way of acting
Nias lala path, road
Dampelas jalaŋ road
Mongondow daḷan path, road
Tialo jalan trail, track
Balaesang dalaŋ road
Petapa Taje jala path, road
Bare'e san-jaya a traveling party (lit. ‘one way’)
jaya ŋkada groove between nose and upper lip
jaya path, way, road; means to achieve something; means of transport
Samihim lalan path, road
Mori Atas sala path, road
Tae' lalan path, road
lalan lima imprint of the hand
sa-ŋ-lalan name of the relationship between men whose wives are sisters, or between women whose husbands are brothers (lit. ‘one path’)
Padoe sala path, road
Koroni sala path, road
Delang jalan path, road
Bungku sala path, road
Rejang daleun tikus footpath, jungle path (lit. ‘rat path’)
daleun road, path, street
Murik jalan path, road
Moronene sala path, road
Wolio dala road, street, path; item, possibility
bawine-na dala prostitute (‘woman of the street’)
ma-liŋu-aka dala to lose one’s way
Muna sala waghua the Milky Way
sala path, track, trail; sort, thing
Javanese nalan on the way to/from
dalan road, street, passage; way, route; way, means
Balinese jalan go, walk, travel, proceed; path, road, street, way
Sasak men-jalan to walk
Kenyah (Long Ikang) jalan path, road
Bikol dálan path, track, trail; road, thoroughfare, way
CMP
Boano₂ lalane path, road
Manusela hala path
Alune lalane path, road
Batu Merah lalani road
Kayeli lalan path, road
Kamarian lalan path, road
Hitu lalan path, road
Saparua lalano road
Asilulu lalan road, path
Kola yala path, road
Ujir jala path, road
Gah laan road
Dobel sala road, path
West Damar hollo road
Roma calla path, road
Tugun salə road
Erai sala road, path, way
Luang tallə path, road
Adonara rara path, road
Solorese laran path, road
Lamaholot rarã path, road
Waima'a dala path, road
Manggarai salaŋ way, road, path; channel (as in irrigation)
Galoli salan road
Komodo lalaŋ way, road, path
Idate lalan path, road
Tetun dalan road, track, path
ha-tudu dalan to teach or show the way
Vaikenu lalan road
Anakalangu lara lara
Kodi lara road
Lamboya lara road
Atoni lalan path, road
Hawu ʄara path, way
Rotinese dala row; path, road
Dhao/Ndao jara road
Wetan talla path, road
SHWNG
Gimán lolan path, road
As alin path, road
Mayá ꞌlili³n path
Misool (Coast) lelin path, road
Woi raŋ path, road
Pom rayan way, path
Kurudu ran way, path
Ambai raŋ path, road
Waropen ran path, road
Dusner rian path, road
Kowiai/Koiwai raran path, road

POC jalan path, road, way ⇫

OC
Hawaiian ala path, road, trail
Carolinian aal path, road
Marshallese iaḷ road; path; street; way; itinerary; journey; lane; route; transportation
Woleaian yala-li road of, way of, path of
Puluwat yaal road, path, street
Chuukese aan road, street, path, way, route, course (at sea); approach (to a job or problem); method, way (of doing); line of reckoning (in genealogies); Milky Way (short for , lit. path of breadfruit, because on this heavenly path the breadfruit comes from its southern homeland when summoned by the , the breadfruit summoner who performs the ritual to induce the spirit of the breadfruit to come each year from its southern homeland to Truk and ensure a good breadfruit harvest)
Pohnpeian ahl road, street, trail, path, line
Mokilese al road, street, line, path, way; to line, to draw lines
Sonsorol-Tobi jara-i way, track, road
Kapingamarangi ala responsibility, be responsible for; row of plaiting on a net
Seimat awa-i-sal path, way, road (lit. ‘mouth of path’)
Mussau salana path, way, road
Marau₂ tara path, road
Sobei rara path, road
Leipon cal path, way, road
Sori mana saŋ path, way, road
Lele say path, road
Ahus cal path, road
Andra cal path, road
Loniu can path, way, road
Papitalai cal path, road
Drehet saŋ path, road
Kele sal path
Nali say path, way, road
Nauna cal path, way, road
Lou sal path, way, road
Tigak salan path, road
Wogeo jala path, way, road
Sursurunga səl path, road
Manam jala path, way, road
Takia dal path, way, road
Bali (Uneapa) ndalaŋa path, road
Luangiua ala path, road
Mbula zaala path, road; way, manner; way of life; opportunity, chance
Papapana tananaʔ path, road
Uruava ara- path, road
Sikaiana ala path, road
Toqabaqita tala path, track, road
Lau tala path, road; opportunity; to begin; the Milky Way
Tuvaluan ala-tuu road, path
Pokau dara road
Kwaio faʔa-tala i kwala stir up blame, provoke a feud
tala-a be born
tala road, path, track
Nggela hala-tina main road, government road
hala-utu road, path
Sa'a tala path, road, way; a row, a string of objects
Motu dala road, path
dala katakata crossroads
Pileni ala path, road
Arosi tara- path, road; a seam in sewing; a row; place, resting place for something; cause, reason, beginning
Anuta ara path, road
Rennellese aga path, trail, track, road, street; doorway, door; way, method
haka-aga take food on a trail, as to a ritual feast; the food so taken
Rotuman sala path, road, street; route; way, method; (of words) method of using or applying, usage, application, meaning; (of thing to be obtained) condition, stipulation, what must be done in order to obtain it; journey, distance; to go, come, or originate
Mota mate-sala path, road
manur-sala crossroad
Samoan faʔa-ala express an opinion
ala path, road; way; method, way of doing something; cause of, reason for; working section (area of mat woven by one person at a particular time)
Futunan ala road, way, path
Lametin sal road
Malmariv sala road
Aore sala path, road
Araki sala road, path, way
Apma hal path, road
Vao na hal path, road
Atchin ni-sel path, road
Rano sel road
Lingarak ne-sal road
Lonwolwol hal track, road; road for thinking about, the faculty of being able to forecast events
Avava a-sal path, road
Axamb na-ser path, road
Fijian sala ni caŋi the Milky Way
sala ni waŋga the wake of a ship
vaka-sala-taka to point the way, show, advise, warn
sala path, road, track
Niue hala vaka by canoe, by sea
hala uta by land
hala path, track, way, mode, means, method, procedure
Tongan hala-faki take an indirect or roundabout route
hala path, road (lit. or fig.); gangway, stairway
Rarotongan ara road, path, way, track
Rapanui ara path
Maori ara way, path; means of conveyance; layer of sedge thatch on a roof
Wuvulu tala path, way, road
Arop dala path, road
Biliau daʔal path, road
Haununu tara path, road
Peterara sala path, road
Merig met-sal path, road

PWMP ma-zalan (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Itbayaten ma-raxan to be able to pass
Ilokano ma-dalán-an to pass by
Waray-Waray ma-dálan having many streets
Mapun ma-lān drive a vehicle or fly a plane
Bare'e mo-jaya take a path; make headway

PWMP pa-zalan make something go or move ⇫

WMP
Itbayaten pa-raxan-en cause to pass through; give way to someone; obtain by means of
Ilokano ag-pa-dálan to give way, make room for, go to the road
Tagalog pa-raán way; a way of doing something; method; a course of action or conduct; tactics; resource; any means of achieving success or getting out of trouble; style
Palauan or-rayl lead (animal, etc.); drive (boat, car, etc.); start (engine)
Mapun pa-lān habitually going somewhere
Tae' pa-lalan grow seed; cultivate in order to sow later, of actions; make a model (to prepare the way for some action)

PAN ka-zalan-an improvised trail, trail made by passing through? ⇫

Form.
Rukai ka-daa-dalán-anə road
Rukai (Budai) ka-daa-dalán-anə road
Paiwan ka-djalan-an mountain trail
WMP
Javanese ke-dalan-an to have a road, passage, etc. on or through it; to be passed by a road, etc.

PWMP pa-zalan-an (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Ilokano pa-dalán-an to run over; excuse, apologize
Tagalog pa-raan-án to pass over something; to allow someone to pass over or through a certain place (stress on the place)
Mapun pa-lan-an a place to go

PAN za-zalan (gloss uncertain) ⇫

Form.
Rukai da-dránə road
Rukai (Maga) da-dránə road
Paiwan dja-djalan companion on road
WMP
Yami ra-rahan road
Itbayaten ra-raxan road, street, avenue
Boano da-daan trail, track

PWMP z<um>alan to pass through ⇫

WMP
Ifugaw d<um>álan to walk
Ilokano d<um>álan to go, walk, travel
Tagalog d<um>aán to drop in (for a short visit); pass through; to pass, pass through or over; to go by
Palauan mə-rayl go; walk; travel; leave; (water) flow/move (in pipe); (blood) flow out
Mapun l<um>ān to walk, to go somewhere

PAN zalan-an passageway, place where one has walked ⇫

Form.
Thao s<in>aran-an place where one walked or went; passageway made by walking through
saran-an walk on or across something; place where one is walking or going
WMP
Itbayaten raxan-an pass, narrow passage
Ifugaw dalán-an path, way to walk upon
Ilokano dalán-an a passageway, pathway; to run over; run through; do haphazardly
Kapampangan dalan-an pass by for someone
Tagalog daan-án access; the way of approaching or reaching a place or person
daán-an ~ daan-án to pass by a certain place; to drop in at someone’s place with intention of bringing that person with you
Kelabit delan-an path made by repeated walking over the same course
Tae' lalan-an a way; make a hole for, as in boring a hole in order to knock in a dowel; prepare the way
Javanese dalan-an roadways, street areas

POC salan-an passageway ⇫

OC
Bipi salan passage through the reef

PAN zalan-zalan small path or trail ⇫

Form.
Paiwan djala-djalan small path
WMP
Bikol dálan-dálan path, trail