Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/bulan

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Noun

*bulan

moon

Descendants

Batanic
- Yami: vehan
Greater Central Philippine
- Central Philippine
  - Bikol
    - Bikol Central: bulan
  - Bisayan
    - Southern Bisayan
      - Surigaonon: buyan
      - Tausug: buwan
    - Cebuano: bulan
    - Central Bisayan
      - Hiligaynon: bulan
      - Masbatenyo: bulan
      - Romblomanon: buyan
      - Waray-Waray: bulan
    - Western Bisayan
      - Aklanon: buean
      - Ratagnon: bulan
  - Tagalog: buwan
- Danao
  - Maranao: bolan
- Manobo
  - Matigsalug Manobo: bulan
- Palawanic
  - Brooke's Point Palawano: bulan
Northern Luzon
- Ilocano: bulan
- Meso-Cordilleran
  - South-Central Cordilleran
    - Central Cordilleran
      - North-Central Cordilleran
        Kalinga-Itneg
        Limos Kalinga: bulan
    - Southern Cordilleran
      - West Southern Cordilleran
        Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
        Ibaloi: bulan
        
        Karao: bolan
        
        Kayapa Kallahan: bulan
- Northeastern Luzon
  - Dupaningan Agta: bulan
Central Luzon
- Kapampangan: bulan
- Sambalic
  - Sambali: bolan