Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/biʀbiʀ

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Noun

*biʀbiʀ

  1. (anatomy) lip

Descendants

  • East Formosan
    • Ami
      • Amis: filfil
      • Sakizaya: bilbil
  • Rukai: bibiane
  • Puyuma: birbir
  • Paiwan: virvir
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bibiʀ
    • Philippine
      • Northern Luzon
      • Greater Central Philippine
        • Central Philippine
        • South Mangyan
        • Manobo
          • Matigsalug Manobo: bibig
          • Western Bukidnon Manobo: bivig
        • Gorontalo–Mongondow
          • Gorontalic
          • Mongondowic
            • Mongondow: bibig
            • Ponosakan: biwih
      • Kalamian
        • Calamian Tagbanwa: biw̓il
      • South Mindanao
      • Sangiric
        • Sangir: biwihe', wiwih'i
        • Talaud: wiwikka
      • Minahasan
        • Tontemboan: wiwi
        • Tombulu: wiwi
        • Tonsea: wiwii
        • Tondano: wii'
    • Greater Barito
      • Sama–Bajaw
      • East Barito
        • Ma'anyan: wiwi
        • Dusun Witu: wivi
      • West Barito
        • Ngaju: biwih
        • Bakumpai: biwih
        • Ot Danum: bivih
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
      • Central Sarawakan
        • Melanau
          • Central Melanau: bibeh
        • Kajang
    • Land Dayak
      • Bidayuh
        • Bau Bidayuh: bibint
        • Biatah Bidayuh: bibis
        • Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: bibih
      • Benyadu–Bekati
    • Moklenic
      • Moken: bibin
    • Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands
    • Rejang: bibia
    • Lampungic
    • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • South Sulawesi
    • Celebic
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian
      • Bima: wiwi
      • Sumba–Flores
        • Sumba–Hawu
        • Western Flores
          • Manggarai: wiwir
          • Rembong: wiwir
          • Li'o: wiwi
      • Flores–Lembata
        • Sika: wiwir
        • Kedang: wiwir
      • Selaru: hihi
      • Central Maluku
        • West Central Maluku
        • East Central Maluku
          • Masiwang: vivin
          • Nunusaku
            • East Piru Bay
            • West Piru Bay
              • Asilulu: hihi
              • Larike-Wakasihu: hihilu
    • Proto-Oceanic: *pipiʀ
      • Western Oceanic
        • Papuan Tip
      • Central–Eastern Oceanic
        • Southeast Solomonic
          • 'Are'are: hihina

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*biRbiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI