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*duyuŋ₂ dugong

PMP duyuŋ₂ dugong ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	royoŋ	whale
Casiguran Dumagat	dúyoŋ	a species of ocean fish
Ilokano	dúyoŋ	manatee, dugong; (myth.) mermaid
Tagalog	dúyoŋ	a species of sea cow
Hanunóo	dúyuŋ	dugong, an aquatic, herbivorous mammal: Dugong dugong
Agutaynen	doyoŋ	whale
Cebuano	dúyuŋ	dugong, kind of sea cow
Yakan	duyuŋ	mermaid (a mythical being), manatee, sea cow, dugong
Mapun	duyuŋ	sea cow; mermaid; a kind of unusual fish (some describe it as a mermaid; others say it’s part human and cries when butchered)
Kadazan Dusun	duzuŋ	mermaid
Tausug	duyuŋ	a large, somewhat whale-like tropical mammal; mermaid
Sangir	duluŋ	dugong: Halicore dugong
Iban	duyoŋ	sea-cow or dugong: Dugong dugon Mueller
Malay	miñak taŋis duyoŋ	dugong tears --- believed to be a most potent love-philtre
	duyoŋ	dugong, sea-cow: Halicore dugong
	babi duyoŋ	dugong, sea-cow
Tontemboan	ruyuŋ	dugong: Halicore dugong; according to folktales the dugong was originally a Bantik, so that the Bantiks do not eat it
Balantak	duyuŋ	dugong
Muna	wan-dui-dui	a dugong (in folktales)
Makassarese	duyuŋ	dugong; its tears are used as an aphrodisiac
Sundanese	duyuŋ	sea cow, found on the south coast of Java; when stranded at high tide people sometimes strike them on the head, at which time they say, the creature begins to weep, and the tears are collected and dried in the sun to form a white powder that is mixed with fragrant oil and used to make a mark by the outer edge of the eyebrow in order to produce or enhance fertility.
Old Javanese	ḍuyuŋ	sea cow, dugong
Javanese	ḍuyuŋ	sea cow, dugong; mermaid
Balinese	ḍuyuŋ	a species of sea fish
Sasak	duyuŋ	dugong (or dolphin)
Malagasy	trózona	a name given to the two species of whale occasionally seen off the coasts of Madagascar: the Cape whale, Balaena australis, and the sperm whale, Physeta macrocephalus
	mivádika ny trózona	a phrase used in speaking of an earthquake (lit. ‘the whales are turning over’)

PCEMP ruyuŋ₂ dugong ⇫ ¶

CMP
Boano₂	luine	dugong
Asilulu	luin	sea-cow (Dugong dugong Muller)
Selaru	rui	sea cow, dugong
Rembong	ruzuŋ	dugong: Halicore dugong
Manggarai	rujuŋ	dugong: Halicore dugong
Kambera	riŋu	dugong: Halicore dugong
Rotinese	lui-k	sea cow, dugong
Wetan	ruini	sea cow, dugong
SHWNG
Numfor	rowin	sea cow, dugong
Waropen	rui	sea cow, dugong
Kowiai/Koiwai	ruin	sea cow, dugong

POC ruyuŋ₂ dugong ⇫ ¶

OC
Seimat	xu	dugong
Loniu	u	dugong
Bipi	xu	dugong
Lindrou	dru	dugong
Likum	cu	dugong
Nauna	tuy	dugong
Lenkau	huy	dugong
Lou	ri	dugong
Bali (Uneapa)	lui	dugong
Kove	lui	dugong
Gitua	rui	dugong
	rui waŋga sonson	whale (‘canoe swallower’)
Motu	rui	dugong

Reconstructions

PMP	duyuŋ₂	dugong
PCEMP	ruyuŋ₂	dugong
POC	ruyuŋ₂	dugong

Note

Also Cebuano dúguŋ ‘dugong, kind of sea cow’, Tubetube lun ‘dugong’. Although European folk traditions tend to see the dugong as a type of aquatic cow (probably because it grazes the sea grass on the ocean floor), Austronesian speakers tend to see it instead as a type of marine pig, probably based on its facial features. In addition to the Malay variant babi duyoŋ (‘pig dugong’) a comparison of dugongs and pigs is seen in Kavalan babuy na raziŋ (‘pig of the sea’) ‘dugong’ (glossed erroneously as ‘dolphin’ in Li and Tsuchida 2006), and in Wogeo ika boro (‘pig fish’) ‘dugong’. The POc shape of this form remains unclear. Osmond and Pawley (2011:247) posit POc *ruyuŋ, and suggest that Marovo (central Solomons) rumu preserves the final nasal with an unexplained change from velar to labial place of articulation. However, this is clearly questionable, and there is no other known support for preservation of the last –VC. The great majority of reflexes in Oceanic languages point instead to *rui, but this would be an irregular development from PMP *duyuŋ, leaving the entire matter in limbo.