Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pupuk

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk.

Noun

*pupuk

  1. weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice

Descendants

  • 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
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