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

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