Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/busuʀ

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 *busuʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /busuʀ/, /busur/

Noun

*busuʀ

1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Meso-Cordilleran
      • Kankanaey: búsog
      • Batad Ifugao: būhug
    • Northeastern Luzon
      • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: busóg
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: busóg
      • Bikol Central: busóg
      • Cebuano: busóg
      • Mansakan
        • Mansaka: bosóg
        • Tagakaulu Kalagan: busug
    • Palawanic
      • Palawan Batak: busóg
      • Brooke's Point Palawano: busog
  • South Mindanao
    • Tiruray: bohor
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Toba Batak: busur
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Chamic
    • Acehnese: busu
  • Proto-Malayic: *busur
    • Malayan
      • Malay: busur
        • Indonesian: busur
• Old Javanese: wusu
  • Javanese: ꦮꦸꦱꦸ (wusu)
• South Sulawesi
  • Tae': buso'
• Celebic
  • Muna–Buton
    • Muna: mbosu
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Rembong: wusur
    • Sabu: wuhu
  • Flores–Lembata
    • Lamaholot: wuhu
    • Kedang: ur
  • Timoric
    • Tetum: fusu
    • Bilba: busu
  • Selaru: hus
  • Kei–Tanimbar
    • Fordata: vuhur
    • Yamdena: busir
  • Central Maluku
    • Nunusaku
      • Three Rivers
        • Alune: busule
      • West Piru Bay
        • Asilulu: husu
        • Luhu: a-pusu
      • East Piru Bay
        • Kamarian: husur
        • Paulohi: husule
        • Saparua: husur
• Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    • Bima: pusi
  • Oceanic: *pusuʀ
    • Western Oceanic
      • Meso-Melanesian
        • Fanamaket: fus
    • Central-Eastern Oceanic
      • Southeast Solomonic
        • Bughotu: vuhu
      • Southern Oceanic
        • Mota: us
        • Vurës: vus

References

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