Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/liqəʀ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/liqəʀ

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liʔəʀ/, /liqər/

Noun

*liqəʀ

1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)

Descendants

• Central Luzon:
  • Abenlen Ayta: leey
  • Bolinao: liey
• Greater Central Philippine:
  • Central Philippine:
    • Bikol Central: liog
    • Mansaka: liyug
    • Tagalog: leeg, liig
    • Visayan:
      • Aklanon: liog
      • Cebuano: liog, liug
      • Hiligaynon: liog
      • Masbatenyo: liog
      • Tausug: liug
      • Waray-Waray: liog
  • Danao:
    • Maguindanao: lig
    • Maranao: lig
  • Manobo:
    • Binukid: lieg
    • Dibabawon Manobo: lieg
    • Kagayanen: lieg
    • Western Bukidnon Manobo: lieg
  • Palawan:
    • Brooke's Point Palawano: lieg
    • Palawan Batak: lieg
  • South Mangyan:
    • Buhid: leog
    • Hanunoo: liug
• Kalamian:
  • Agutaynen: likel
• Northern Luzon:
  • Arta: lig
  • Yogad: lig
  • Dupaningan Agta: leg
• Sangiric:
  • Bantik: lehe
  • Sangir: lehe'
• South Mindanao:
  • Tboli: lihol
  • Tiruray: réˀér

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *liqeR