The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*lemes stifle, suffocate; drown

PMP lemes stifle, suffocate; drown

WMP
Itbayaten axmes idea of drowning
Ilokano i-lemmés to drown someone
Ayta Maganchi ləməh sink, drown
Chamorro lumos to drown, suffocate
Aklanon eumós to drown (either accidentally or intentionally)
Central Tagbanwa lɨmɨt to drown
Cebuano lumús drown, get drowned
Iban lemas stifled, drowned; (fig.) of a baby, stillborn, dead in the womb
Malay ləmas di-dalam laut drowned at sea
ləmas stifled by smoke, mud or water; (fig.) dizzy, confused
Tontemboan ləsəm-an ən api to douse a fire
ləsəm stifle, choke, suffocate; drown; extinguish (as a fire)
Mongondow i-lomot stifled, smothered
l<um>omot stifle, choke, suffocate; drown
Makassarese lammasaʔ to sink under, drown; suffocate (as in smoke)
Bikol ma-lamós to drown
lamos-ón to drown someone
Proto-Sangiric ləmis to drown
Proto-South Sulawesi lɨmmɨs to drown

POC lomos submerge, go under water

OC
Wayan lomo be under water, submerged (as a reef at high tide); of a container, be filled by dipping under water
lomo-ci plunge something under water, fill something by dipping it

PPh ma-lemes to be drowned

WMP
Itbayaten ma-xmes to be drowned, to drown
Ilokano ma-lmes to drown (in water, in sorrows, etc.)
Chamorro ma-tmos drown, be drowned
Agutaynen ma-lemet to accidentally drown
Tausug ma-lumus to lose consciousness due to water in the lungs or lack of air in the lungs (death does not always result), drown
Sangir ma-ləmmisəʔ drowned

PWMP lemes-en to intentially drown, cause to drown

WMP
Itbayaten axmes-en to cause to drown
Ilokano lemmes-en to drown, put in water
Agutaynen lemet-en to intentionally drown a person or an animal
Tausug lumus-un to drown (someone or an animal)
Makassarese lammassaŋ to hold under water, drown (someone or something)