The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*ñikñik tiny biting insect: gnat, sandfly

PMP ñikñik tiny biting insect: gnat, sandfly

WMP
Kapampangan nikník a tiny insect (gnat?)
Tagalog niknik tiny blood-sucking insect
nikník this term has different meanings for different localities: 1. a species of blood-sucking insect; 2. gnat; gnat, a small, two-winged insect or fly, 3. a species of fly with a painful bite, 4. horsefly
Central Tagbanwa nɨknɨk gnat
Gana nini mosquito
Lampung ñeñik mosquito
Balinese ñiñik tiny mosquitoes that fly in swarms
Sasak ñiñik tobacco louse
CMP
East Damar nini mosquito
Tetun ninik a small mosquito with a painful sting
Hawu nini very small kind of midge
Rotinese ninik mosquito
SHWNG
Waropen nini mosquito

PCEMP ñiñik tiny biting insect

CMP
Yamdena ninik midge, mosquito
Hawu nini very small kind of midge
Rotinese ninik mosquito
SHWNG
Minyaifuin nini mosquito
Waropen nini midge, mosquito
OC
Seimat nini bee
'Āre'āre nini-sua kind of bee
Sa'a nini-ho hornet