Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/taʀənək

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*taʀənək

1. sandfly

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilongot: tenek, tɨnnɨk (“mosquito”)
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Mansaka
        • Mansaka: tagnuk (“mosquito”)
        • Mamanwa: tagnek (“mosquito”)
        • Tagakaulu Kalagan: tagnek (“mosquito”)
    • Manobo
      • Binukid: tagenek (“mosquito”)
      • Higaonon: tagunuk (“mosquito”)
      • Cotabato Manobo: tegenek (“mosquito”)
      • Obo Manobo: tohonnok (“mosquito”)
    • Danao
      • Maguindanao: tagënë́k (“mosquito”)
    • Palawanic
      • Brooke's Point Palawano: tegnek (“mosquito”)
      • Molbog: tognok (“mosquito”)
  • South Mindanao
    • Tiruray: tegenek (“kind of mosquito”)
  • Sangiric: *tənik (“mosquito”)
• North Bornean
  • Northeast Sabahan
    • Bonggi: tonok (“mosquito”)
  • Southwest Sabahan
    • Dusunic
      • Central Dusun: togonok (“mosquito”)
      • Coastal Kadazan: togonok (“housefly”)
      • Rungus: togonok (“fly; housefly”)
      • Kimaragang: togonok (“gnat”)
      • Tobilung: togonok (“kind of biting insect”)
    • Paitanic
      • Tombonuo: togonok (“mosquito, gnat, sandflea”)
      • Upper Kinabatangan: togonok (“mosquito”)
    • Murutic
      • Tagal Murut: togonok (“fly”)

References

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