talinga

English: Translation

ear

Semantic Domain

Body parts

Custom tags

Yamada

Body Parts & Body Sensations

Notes

TALINGA

n. ear; the organ of hearing.

Comparative Austronesian Forms:

Boie’nen: talinga
Old Malay: talinga
Kawi: talinga
Tagalog: tainga
Māori: taringa
Indonesian: telinga

Etymology:
From the widespread Austronesian root commonly reconstructed as *taRiŋa “ear,” reflected across numerous Philippine, Indonesian, and Polynesian languages.

Source

13-yamada