Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/buək

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buək/

Noun

*buək

  1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Descendants

  • Ibanic
    • Iban: buk
    • Mualang: buk
  • Kendayan: buuk
  • Nuclear Malayic
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