Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/balalaCuk

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Noun

*balalaCuk

woodpecker

Descendants

Northern Formosan
- Saisiyat: ba꞉sok
- Thao: barathu
Atayalic
- >? Atayal: bzyahuq
- >? Taroko: braqu
Tsouic
- Saaroa: valacuqu
- Kanakanabu: vaacuku
Paiwan: balacuk, valacuk
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *balalatuk
- Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Bikol Central: ambalatok
    - Cebuano: balalatok
  - South Mangyan
    - Hanunoo: bulatok
  - Danao
    - Maranao: balalatok
  - Manobo
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: tembelelatuk
- Barito
  - West Barito
    - Ngaju: balatok
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Malayic
    - Iban: belatuk
    - Malay: belatuk
    - Urak Lawoi': บาโตะ (batoq)
  - Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    - Balinese: belatuk
- Old Javanese: walatuk

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *balalaCuk.