ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*lajaq pepper; to sting, of a wound or spices in food

PMP lajaq pepper; to sting, of a wound or spices in food ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tombonuwo	ladaʔ	chili pepper
Toba Batak	laga	sharp (of taste, or a knife)
Tae'	lada	Spanish pepper
Muna	lea	hurt, ache, painful
Balinese	lalah	tartness, piquancy; spicy, tart
	la-lalah	a strong-tasting relish with one’s rice
CMP
Kambera	ma-lara	biting, sharp (of taste)

Reconstructions

PMP

lajaq

pepper; to sting, of a wound…

Note

Also Tagalog ma-laláɁ ‘serious; aggravated; acute (of an illness)’, Ida'an Begak lado ‘pepper’, Malay lada pepper; (sometimes) capsicum; black pepper; chili or small capsicum’. Based on a comparison that included Tagalog, Malay, Toba Batak and Javanese, Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed ‘Uraustronesisch’ *laja ‘to burn (of wounds or spices)’.