Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/bubu

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Noun

*bubu

1. triggerfish

Descendants

• Arosi: bubu
• Gedaged: bub
• Kwaio: bubu
• Lau: bubu
• Proto-Micronesian: *pʷupʷu
  • Gilbertese: bwubwu
  • Kosraean: fihf
  • Marshallese: bib
  • Mokilese: pwupw
  • Pohnpeian: pwuupw
  • Puluwat: pwupw
  • Woleaian: buubu
• Seimat: pup
• Tolai: bub

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bubu₇.