Malay tolong

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (inherited)

← Tagalog tulong (cognate)

→ Indonesian tolong (inherited)

→ Ilocano tulong (cognate)

→ Javanese nulung (cognate)

→ Tetum tulun (cognate)

→ Tagalog tulong (cognate)

→ Urak Lawoi' ตูลก (cognate)

→ Chinese 導郎 (borrowed)