Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/buaq

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Noun

*buaq

fruit

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Fijian: vua
- Hawaiian: hua
- Maori: hua
- Tongan: fua
- Uab Meto: fua'
Malagasy: voa
Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
- Balinese: ᬩᬸᬯᬄ (buah)
Malayo-Chamic
- Proto-Chamic: *bɔh
  - Acehnese: boh
  - Eastern Cham: boḥ
- Proto-Malayic: *buah
  - Brunei Malay: buah
  - Iban: buah
  - Malay: buah
    - Indonesian: buah
Sundanese: buah
Old Javanese: wwah
- Javanese: ꦮꦺꦴꦃ (woh), ꦮꦃ (wah)
- → Balinese: ᬯ᭄ᬯᬄ (woh), ᬯᭀᬄ (woh)
Celebic
- Balantak: woo'

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buaq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI