Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/babuy

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

From Proto-Austronesian *babuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babuj/

Noun

*babuy

1. pig (mammal of genus Sus)
2. (figurative) epilepsy

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine: *babuy (see there for further descendants)
• Barito
  • Ngaju: bawui
• Northwest Sumatra-Barrier Islands
  • Proto-Batak: *babuy
    • Simalungun Batak: babui
    • Karo Batak: babi
    • Toba Batak: babi
  • Nias: bawi
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Chamic:
      • Acehnese: bui
      • Coastal Chamic
        • Cham
          • Eastern Cham: ꨚꨝꨶꨬ (pabwei)
    • Proto-Malayic: *babi (see there for further descendants)
    • Balinese: ᬩᬩᬶ (babi)
  • Sundanese: ᮘᮌᮧᮍ᮪ (bagong)
• Old Javanese: bawi
  • Javanese: ꦧꦧꦶ (babi)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬯᬶ (bawi)
• South Sulawesi
  • Bugis
    • Buginese: bawi
  • Makasar: bawi
• Chamorro: babui
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Fordata: vavu
  • Leti: wawi
  • West Damar: wowso

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *babuy