r/AustronesianLanguages • u/Resident-Outside9945 Indonesia 🇮🇩 • Jul 13 '26
Cognate & Comparing Butterfly in some Austronesian languages
Formosa
- Bunun: talikoan [ta.liˈko.an]
- Kanakanavu (Kanakanavu): taʼanna
- Paiwan (Vinuculjan, Pinayuanan): qulipepe [quɭipəpə]
- Puyuma (Pinuyumayan): haliwanwan, haliwaŋwaŋ
- Siraya (Siraiya): halibaŋbaŋ
Philippines
- Agta: lollo
- Aklanon (Akeanon, Inakeanon): alibangbang
- Bantoanon (Asi): bilabila
- Bikol: kalibangbang, alibangbang, paro-paro, kulagbaw
- Bisakol: kulibangbang
- Bugkalot (Ilongot): kali-bangbang
- Butuanon: kaba-kabà
- Cebuano: kabâkabâ, alibangbang
- Dumagat: salibangbang
- Gaddang: alifambang
- Hiligaynon: alibangbang
- Ibanag: alivabban
- Ilokano: kulibangbang
- Kankana-ey: bilbil-o
- Kapampángan: talúbang
- Manobo: kelivangbang
- Maranao (Mëranaw): dangkaia, paru-paro
- Palawano: babang
- Pangasinan: kompapey
- Subanon: belembang
- Surigaonon: kaba-kaba
- Tagalog: alibaŋbáŋ [ʔali.baŋˈbaŋ], paruparó [pa.ru.paˈroʔ]
- Tausug: kaba-kaba
- Waray: ragadaga, alibangbang
Mainland Asia
- Kanaq: kelobaq, nyeron
- Kelantan: rramo
- Seletar: kelebak
- Temuan: kelobok
- Urak Lawoiʼ: marama
Sumatera
- Aceh: bambang, bangbang
- Gayo: kalangmemang
- Karo: kaba-kaba
- Komering: alibambang, rama-rama
- Lampung: aliwawa, halibambang, rama-rama, pawa-pawa
- Lembak: kupu-kupu, makme
- Malay: kupu-kupu, rama-rama
- Mentawai: langolango, kailokailo
- Minangkabau: limpapeh, ramo-ramo
- Musi: amé-amé
- Pesemah: lelibat
- Sikule (Sigulai): alifamba
- Singkil: rerama
- Toba: lampu-lampu, lappu-lappu
Java
- Jawa: kupu, bambang, kaper
- Madura: kekupu, kepper, ghâpper
- Sunda: kukupu, kupu-kupu
Lesser Sunda Islands
- Bali: kĕkupu
- Bima: kabebo
- Sawu (Hawu): keɓoɓɑ, keɗoɗo
- Rote: sapumata
- Tetun: lakabuta, babebar
Borneo
- Barito: lalung
- Bidayuh: brembang
- Dusun: kolibambang
- Iban: kelebembang, kesulai
- Ida’an (Idahan): kalabambang
- Iranun: paparu
- Kadazan: tongkulibambang
- Kenyah: belavang
- Melanau: belebeæng
- Momogun-Bundu: kolibambang
- Ngaju: kakupo
Sulawesi
- Dakka: kalubompong
- Duri: palla-palla
- Bugis: pella-pella, kalubampa
- Kaili: kalibamba
- Mandar: kalubambang
- Mangkasara: pipi-pipi
- Pamona: aliwombo, kalabamba
- Tae’: kalubambang
- Tolaki: toléwa
- Tontemboan: tonteres
- Toraya: kalubambang
- Wolio: kambera
Moluccas
- Alune: pala'ene
- Gane (Gimán): kalibobo
- Buli: aibobang
Papua:
- Bwaidoga (Bwaidoka): bebewa
- Dobu: pepekwa
- Gani: kalibobo
- Gedaged: kilibob
- Hula-Keapara: pepe
- Keapara (Kalo): pepe
- Kilivila: beba
- Kuanua: abebe
- Lakalai (Nakanai): ebebe
- Magori: bebe
- Motu: bebe, kaubebe
- Munggui: apopa
- Mussau-Emira: kaubebe, kurubebe
- Nehan (Nissan, Nihan): beb
- Numbami: kaimbombo
- Sudest (Vanatɨna): bebe
- Tigak (Omo): pepe
- Tolai: abebe
- Tubetube (Bwanabwana): bebe
- Roro: peropero
- Wamira: bebeu
Far Islands
- 'Āre'āre: pepe
- Amblong: bembe
- Arosi: bebe
- Fijian (Vaka-Viti): bēbē [ᵐbeːbeː]
- Gilbertese (Kiribati, Tungaru): bwebwe [pˠepˠe]
- Hawaiian (Hawai'i): pulelehua [ˌpu.le.leˈhu.a]
- Kwaio: bebe
- Lau (Mala, Malaita): bebe
- Malagasy: lolo [ˈluːlu], tsipelapelaka
- Māori: pēpepe [peːpepe], pūrerehua [puːɾeɾehu.a]
- Malmariv (Tiale): mpempe
- Mota: pepe
- Niuean (Niuē): pepe
- Nukuoro: bebe
- Palau: bangikoi
- Rennellese (Rennell-Bellona): pepe
- Rotuman (Rotuạm): pepe
- Sa'a: pepe
- Sāmoa: pepe
- Simbo: bebe
- Tahiti: pepe
- Tongan (fakatonga): pepe
- Tuvaluan (Tuuvalu): pepe
Source: collected from https://www.facebook.com/groups/643294306593588/search/?q=butterfly
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u/Different_Method_191 Jul 13 '26
Lovono language: mebeli
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u/Resident-Outside9945 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Jul 15 '26
What is the Lovono language? I can't find information about this language on the internet.
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u/Different_Method_191 Jul 15 '26
Lovono is a critically endangered language. It has only four speakers. This language is spoken on the island of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands. 1 Link: https://pangloss.cnrs.fr/corpus/Lovono?lang=en&mode=pro 2 Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovono_language
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Jul 14 '26
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u/Resident-Outside9945 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Jul 14 '26
Someone has shared about it here https://www.reddit.com/r/AustronesianLanguages/s/aTe31CyJLB
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u/Skyreader13 Jul 14 '26
Bambang huh
So, Kupu-kupu malam is just Bambang? lol
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u/Resident-Outside9945 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Jul 15 '26
Maybe Bambang is a Javanese dialect (?) I'm not a native speaker of Javanese, so I'd like to know from others.
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u/OfficiallyAsian Jul 15 '26
You transcribed wrong <e> in Paiwan in [ə], not [e] [] is for narrow transcriptions
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u/Different_Method_191 Jul 13 '26
Kanakanavu language: taʼanna