Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bibir

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bibiʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀbiʀ.

Noun

*bibir

(anatomy) lip
rim

Descendants

Banjarese: bibir
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: bibir
  - Keninjal: bibɛɣ
  - Mualang: bibeə̯ɣ
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: beber
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: bibir
  - Indonesian: bibir
- Brunei Malay: bibir
- Kedah Malay: bibiaq
- Central Malay: bibigh
- Minangkabau: bibia
- Pattani Malay: بيبِي / บีเบ (bibe)
Urak Lawoi': บีเบ (bibë)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*biRbiR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa