Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/biʀu

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

Noun

*biʀu

1. fan palm

Descendants

• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Batak
    • Karo Batak: biru-biru
    • Toba Batak: biru
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Iban: biru
    • Malay: biru-biru
      • Indonesian: biru
• Old Javanese: wiru
  • Javanese: wiru
• South Sulawesi
  • Makasar: biru
• Celebic
  • Kaili–Pamona
    • Pamona: wiu
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Ngadha: biru
• Oceanic
  • Western Oceanic
    • North New Guinea
      • Kove: pilu
    • Meso-Melanesian
      • Nakanai: vilu-vilu
      • Cheke Holo: biru
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Southeast Solomonic
      • Bugotu–Gela
        • Gela: vilu
      • Malaita–Makira
        • Sa'a: hilu
        • Makira
          • Arosi: hiru
        • Malaita
          • Kwaio: filu
          • Lau: filu
          • 'Are'are: hilu
    • Central Pacific
      • Fijian: viu
      • Proto-Polynesian: *piu

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *biRu