Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bulu

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulu/

Noun

*bulu

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

Descendants

• Barito
  • East Barito
    • Malagasy: volo
• Chamorro: pulu
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Timoric
    • Tetum: fulun
• North Bornean
  • Melanau–Kajang/Central Sarawak
    • Central Melanau: bulou
• Old Javanese: wulu
  • > Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu) (inherited)
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *bulu
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: ᬩᬸᬮᬸ (bulu)
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *bulu
    • Proto-Malayic: *bulu (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Oceanic: *pulu
  • Proto-Central Pacific *vulu
    • Proto-Polynesian: *fulu
      • Hawaiian: hulu
      • Maori: huru
      • Samoan: fulu
• Proto-Philippine:
  • Northern Luzon
    • Cagayan Valley
      • Isnag: bulbul
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Bikol
        • Coastal Bikol
          • Bikol Central: bulból
      • Bisayan
        • Cebuano: bulbol
        • Central Bisayan
          • Masbatenyo: bulbol
        • South Bisayan
          • Tausug: bulbul
        • Western Bisayan
          • Aklanon: buebue
    • Manobo
      • Matigsalug Manobo: bulbul
  • Tagalog: bulbol

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bulu