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

Noun

*bihaʀ

captive, one taken alive in war

Verb

*bihaʀ

to spare, to allow to live

Descendants

Philippine
- Batanic
  - Ivatan: vihay, viyay, vyay
  - Ibatan: byay
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: biág
  - Cagayan Valley
    - Isnag: biāg
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - Pangasinan: biláy (with metathesis)
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: bié
  - Sambalic
    - Sambali: biyáy
    - Mag-Anchi Ayta: biyay
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: bíhag
    - Bikol Central: bíhag
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: bíhag
      - Aklanon: bíhag
      - Hiligaynon: bíhag
    - Mansaka: biág
  - Danao
    - Maranao: biag
  - Manobo
    - Binukid: bihag
    - Agusan Manobo: 'bihag
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: bihag
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Mongondow: biag
    - Gorontalo: bia-biahu
- South Mindanao
  - Tiruray: biag
- Sangiric
  - Sangir: biaheʔ
North Bornean
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Murutic
    - Timugon Murut: biag
  - Paitanic
    - Tombonuo: wiou
    - Abai Sungai: wiau
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
  - Acehnese: bieuë
- Malayic
  - Malay: biar
    - Indonesian: biar
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Rembong: biar

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bihaR.