Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/buək

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 *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buək/

Noun

*buək

1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: buk
  • Mualang: buk
• Kendayan: buuk
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Minangkabau: abuak
    • Rao: obuok
  • Urak Lawoi': โบะ (boq)