Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(ma-)buʀuk

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

*ma- +‎ *buʀuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buruk/, /buʀuk/

Adjective

*(ma-)buʀuk

1. rotten

Descendants

• 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