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

Noun

*bulu

1. body hair

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bulu