Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/buluq

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 *buluq.

Noun

*buluq

type of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp.

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: bólo
  - Cagayan Valley
    - Isnag: bólo
    - Itawit: húlu
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - Batad Ifugao: būlu
    - Limos Kalinga: bulu
  - Northeastern Luzon
    - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: bulo
    - Dupaningan Agta: bulu
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: búlu
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: búho
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: búlo
      - Aklanon: búeo
  - South Mangyan
    - Hanunoo: búluʔ
  - Danao
    - Maranao: bolo
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Mongondow: buluʔ
- Sangiric: *bulo
  - Sangir: buḷo
- Minahasan
  - Tonsawang: buluʔ
Basap–Barito
- Basap: bulo'
- East Barito
  - Paku: wuluʔ
  - Malagasy: vólo
North Bornean
- North Sarawakan
  - Berawan–Lower Baram
    - Berawan: bulu
  - Dayic
    - Kelabit: bulu'
    - Lun Bawang: bulu'
  - Kenyah
    - Bakung: bulu'
    - Eastern Penan: bolo
- Central Sarawakan
  - Central Melanau: buluk
  - Lahanan: bulu
Land Dayak
- Bidayuh
  - Bau Bidayuh: bulu'
  - Biatah Bidayuh: buru
  - Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: buru'
- Southern Land Dayak
  - Jangkang: buru
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Dairi Batak: buluh
  - Karo Batak: buluh
  - Toba Batak: bulu
- Simeulue: bulu, fulu
Rejang: buluak
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
  - Acehnese: bulöh
- Proto-Malayic: *buluh
  - Ibanic
    - Iban: buluh
    - Mualang: buluh
  - Malayan
    - Malay: buluh, buloh (superseded, 1924-1972)
      - Indonesian: buluh
    - Minangkabau: buluah
  - Urak Lawoi': บูโละฮ (buloh)
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: buluh
  - Sasak: buloq
- Sundanese: buluh
Old Javanese: wuluh
- Javanese: wuluh
South Sulawesi
- Buginese: bulo
- Makasar: bulo
- Tae': bulo
Celebic
- Kaili–Pamona
  - Uma: wuluʔ
- Bungku–Tolaki
  - Wawonii: vulu
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Sumba–Flores
    - Ngadha: vulu
  - Flores–Lembata
    - Sika: bulu
  - Kei–Tanimbar
    - Yamdena: buli
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    - Biak: bur
  - Oceanic
    - Southern Oceanic
      - Lonwolwol: bUl

Related terms

*qauʀ

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *buluq₂.