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-riC₁ -rik -ris₁ -ris₂ -ris₃ -rit (or *-reclit?) -rud -rus₁ -rus₂

30066

*-riC₁ sound of ripping, etc.

PWMP	*berit	burst, tear open
PMP	*cirit	sound of squirting
PAN	*geriC	sound of ripping, gnawing, etc.
PWMP	*zerit	shrill or crackling sound
Malay	ceŋkerit	field-cricket: Brachytrypes portentosus
Malay	cerit	squirt out in small quantity, e.g. in defecation
Tontemboan	gorit	to saw
Paiwan	gurits	to squeal (pig)
Sundanese	herit	eerie rustle of the wind, as through bamboo leaves
Ngadha	iri	tearing, sound of tearing
Cebuano	kadlít	strike a match
Malay	kerit	sound of scratching, grating or gnawing; to gnaw
Tetun	surit	have diarrhoea

30067

*-rik spot, freckle

PMP	*barik	mottled, striped
PMP	*burik	speckled
Madurese	balurik	spotted
Karo Batak	curik	covered with fine speckles (Also Malay corék 'grain in wood; veining; long parallel lines (broken or otherwise) in cloth patterns')
Malay	kurek	speckled, of a fowl’s markings
Malay	lorék	very delicate markings (of certain markings on snakes, markings seen in certain lights only, scratches on a polished surface, etc.)
Tetun	makerik	colorful; dappled, of a horse
Ilokano	turík	freckle, lentigo; freckled

Also Tiruray barek 'the spots on an eel'.

30068

*-ris₁ rustling sound

PWMP	*risris	light rustling sound
Sangir	balehiseʔ	rustling, as of wind
Iban	beris	shower, drizzle, spray
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	biris-biris	of rain, to sprinkle or fall lightly
Ilokano	burís	have diarrhoea, flux
Bahasa Indonesia	deris	a sound like that of walking through dry grass, cloth being cut, etc.
Sundanese	gebris	sound of sneezing, etc.
Toba Batak	heres	rustle, crackle
Pangasinan	larís	sound of whipping or lashing
Kambera	ŋirihu	sound of scratching, as of a file on something
Malay	ris	rustling sound
Wolio	siri	rustle, murmur

30069

*-ris₂ scratch a line

PWMP	*baris	straight line
PMP	*garis	scratch; draw a line
PMP	*guris	scratch; draw a line
PMP	*hiris	slice
PMP	*karis	scratch mark
PWMP	*kuris	line
PWMP	*Ruris	tear into strips
Cebuano	badlís	draw a line
Balinese	baris	strip, row, rank
Sangir	behiseʔ	line, stripe
Wolio	bori	line, borderline
Cebuano	budlís	long thin mark, stripe, smear
Wolio	buri	write
Madurese	liris	striped, of batik
Ngadha	tari	scratch, wound
Puyuma	taʔuris	scratch, leave a scratch mark
Ngadha	teri	line, stroke, incision
Maranao	tiris	stripe
Maranao	toris	etch a line on
Maranao	toris-an	striped
Kankanaey	ugális	striped, streaked
Bahasa Indonesia	uris	scratch; draw a line (Also Acehnese uréh 'line, scratch')

30070

*-ris₃ slice

PWMP	*biris	slice
PMP	*giris	cut or slice
PWMP	*maŋ-qiris	to cut, slice
PMP	*qiris	to cut, slice
Sasak	biris	slice
Bintulu	ruris	slice

30071

*-rit (or *-reclit?) scratch a line

PWMP	*berit	scratch a line
PWMP	*burit	mark, line
PWMP	*curit	mark, line, dash
PMP	*kur(e)clit	scratch mark, line
PWMP	*parit	mark with lines
PMP	*urit	stroke, line
Kelabit	arit	design
Aklanon	bádlit	lines or marks in the palm
Kelabit	barit	striped, colorful
Sangir	behiʔ	line, stripe
Ilokano	bírit	scar or scarlike indentation on the eyelid
Javanese	garit	scratch, scratched line (Also Sasak garit 'striped of animals')
Toba Batak	gorit	scratch, line
Old Javanese	gurit	to scratch, engrave, paint, write
Kayan	harit	cut or scratch
Aklanon	kádlit	mark, draw a line
Selaru	kérit	to scratch
Hiligaynon	kúdlit	line, mark
Ilokano	okrít	to line, mark with a line or lines, to rule; to scarify, to scratch or cut the skin
Ilokano	orárit	streaked
Gorontalo	pilito	line, mark with a line
Ngadha	teri	line, stroke, incision

Gorontalo pilito may contain a reflex of *-ris₂ 'scratch a line'.

-riC₁ -rik -ris₁ -ris₂ -ris₃ -rit (or *-reclit?) -rud -rus₁ -rus₂

30072

*-rud scratch, scrape

PWMP	*arud	scrape off
PWMP	*hírud	scrape, rub off
PWMP	*kerud	scratch, scrape
PWMP	*kurud	scrape
PWMP	*parud	scraper, grater
Balinese	berud	scratch, graze, peeling of skin
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	rudrud	scrape
Sasak	serut	to plane, shave off with a plane
Hanunóo	tarúd	scraping, rubbing

Malay derut 'dull scraping sound', garut 'scraping against one another', gerut 'any dull scraping sound', karut 'rasp', sarut 'scraping up against; grating against' and the like appear to reflect prototypes with *-t; Bikol súrod 'to harrow' reflects *sujud.

30073

*-rus₁ rustling sound

PWMP	*garus	to scratch
PWMP	*kerus	rustling sound
PWMP	*rusrus	rustling sound
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	degurus	swishing sound of rain falling or water flowing
Malay	derus	dull rustling or scratching sound
Balinese	parus	stream out strongly; (of water), stream out when a dam is opened, babble
Kayan	seruh	the sound of an object dropping through leaves of trees
Maranao	teros	spurt, drip, ooze

30074

*-rus₂ slip or slide off

PMP	*durus	slide down
PWMP	*hurus	slip or slide down or along
PWMP	*lurus	slip off
PWMP	*rusrus	slip or slide off
Balinese	buhus	slip away, get away
Puyuma	darus	slippery because of mud ( < *-lus?)
Tetun	doros	slippery
Tetun	dorus	to slide
Simalur	forus	slip, slide (as down a coconut tree when climbing it)
Sasak	gerus	slip through somewhere
Amis	proc	slide down

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Austronesian Comparative Dictionary, web edition
Robert Blust and Stephen Trussel
www.trussel2.com/ACD
2010: revision 6/21/2020
email: Blust (content) – Trussel (production)
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