Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bulan

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 *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bulan/

Noun

*bulan

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
month

Descendants

Banjarese: bulan
Kendayan: buan
Ibanic
- Iban: bulan
- Keninjal: bulan
- Mualang: bulán
- Seberuang: bulan
Nuclear Malayic
- Brunei Malay: bulan
- Malay: bulan
  - Indonesian: bulan
- Central Malay: bulan
- Minangkabau: bulan
- Pattani Malay: บูแล (bulɛ)
Urak Lawoi': บูลัด (bulat)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa