Reconstructions

Note

With rare exceptions (e.g. Acehnese bambaŋ, baŋbaŋ) reflexes of this form always contain the *qali-, *kali- prefix. The agreement of Gedaged kili-bob ‘butterfly; yellow marine fish about 8 inches long’ with Cebuano ali-baŋbaŋ ‘butterfly, butterfly fish’ suggests that PMP *baŋbaŋ applied both to Lepidoptera and to fish of the family Chaetodontidae.