Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bihaʀ

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 edit

Noun edit

*bihaʀ

  1. captive, one taken alive in war

Verb edit

*bihaʀ

  1. to spare, to allow to live

Descendants edit

  • Philippine
    • Batanic
      • Ivatan: vihay, viyay, vyay
      • Ibatan: byay
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: biág
      • Cagayan Valley
      • Meso-Cordilleran
        • Pangasinan: biláy (with metathesis)
    • Central Luzon
    • Greater Central Philippine
    • South Mindanao
    • Sangiric
      • Sangir: biaheʔ
  • North Bornean
    • Southwest Sabahan
      • Murutic
      • Paitanic
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Sumba–Flores

References edit