Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bukbuk

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

Noun

*bukbuk

  1. weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice

Descendants

  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Central Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Central Maluku:
        • Asilulu: huhu
        • Buru (Indonesia): fufuk
      • Timoric:
        • Bilba: fufuk (Rote)
        • Luang: wuwa (Wetan)
        • Tetun Dili: fuhuk
    • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
      • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
        • Buli (Indonesia): pupi
      • Proto-Oceanic: *pupuk
        • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
          • Central Pacific: *vuvu
            • Proto-Polynesian: *fufu
              • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
                • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
                  • Marquesic:
                    • Hawaiian: huhu
                    • Mangarevan: ʻuʻu
                    • North Marquesan: huhu
                  • Rapa Nui: huhu
                  • Tahitic:
                    • Maori: huhu
                    • Rarotongan: ʻuʻu
                    • Tahitian: huhu
                • Western Polynesian:
                  • Ellicean-Outlier:
              • Tongic:
          • Southeast Solomonic:
        • Western Oceanic:
          • Meso-Melanesian:
            • Cheke Holo: fufu
            • Nakanai: vuvu
            • Roviana: vuvunu
          • North New Guinea:
          • Papuan Tip:
            • Molima: wuwuwuva
            • Motu: bubu
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Greater Barito:
    • Proto-Philippine: *bukbuk
  • Chamorro: poppo
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