On the other hand, these languages are contiguous (爪哇語 and 巽他語, 爪哇語 and 馬都拉語), or have long been in a borrowing relationship (馬來語 with all of the others). It is therefore tempting to follow 達爾 (1976:40ff) in dismissing these correspondences as due to diffusion. However, some words with *-ey are basic and rarely borrowed (liver, to die, riceplant).