Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(ma-)buʀuk

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

*ma- +‎ *buʀuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buruk/, /buʀuk/

Adjective

*(ma-)buʀuk

1. rotten

Descendants

• Formosan:
  • Paiwan: mavuk
  • Saisiyat: maboLok
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(ma-)buʀuk
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic: *mapuʀuk
      • Western Oceanic:
        • Meso-Melanesian:
          • Uneapa: mapurutu
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
        • Central Pacific:
          • Proto-Polynesian: *mafu (see there for further descendants)
        • Southeast Solomonic:
          • Ghari: mambulu
      • Western Oceanic:
        • Manam: mapuru
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Greater Barito:
      • Malagasy: mavozo
    • Proto-Philippine:
      • Batanic:
        • Itbayaten: mavoyo
      • Greater Central Philippine:
        • Central Philippine:
          • Bikol Central: mabugók
      • Sangiric:
        • Sangir: mawuhu'

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *buRuk