Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/bulaN

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian edit

Etymology edit

Compare Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon; month”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bulalʲ/

Noun edit

*bulaN

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
month
menstruation

Descendants edit

Formosan
- Bunun: buan
- Tsou: feohʉ
- Puyuma: vuran
- Northern Formosan
  - Thao: furaz
- East Formosan
  - Kavalanic
    - Kavalan: buran
  - Amis: folad ("moon, menstruation cycle")
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bulan (“month, moon”)
- Western Malayo-Polynesian
  - Philippine
    - Northern Philippine
      - Northern Luzon
        Bontok: bulan
        
        Ifugaw: bulan
        
        Ilocano: bulan
        
        Pangasinic
        Pangasinan: bolan
      - Central Luzon
        Kapampangan: bulan
    - Central Philippine
      - Visayan
        Cebuano: bulan
        
        Hiligaynon: bulan
      - Tagalog: buan
    - Mindanao
      - Danao
        Maranao: olan (“month, moon, pregnancy duration”); olana (“moonlight, night”)
      - South Mindanao
        Tiruray: bulon (“moon”)
  - North Bornean
    - North Sarawakan
      - Kelabit: bulan
    - East Barito
      - Malagasy: volana
  - Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
    - Proto-Malayic: *bulan
      - Brunei Malay: bulan
      - Iban: bulan
      - Malay: bulan
        Indonesian: bulan
      - Urak Lawoi': บูลัด (bulat)
    - Proto-Chamic: *bulaːn
      - Acehnese: buleuën
      - Tsat: phian¹¹
    - Javanese: wulan, rembulan
    - Sundanese: bulan
    - Palauan: buil (“month, moon”); bilel (“month of pregnancy”)
    - Chamorro: pulan
    - Central Flores
      - Palu'e: wula
  - Northwest Sumatran
    - Batak
      - Toba Batak: bulan
  - Central-Eastern
    - Tetumic
      - Tetum: fulan
    - Sumba
      - Kambera: wulangu
- Oceanic
  - Admiralty Islands
    - Western Admiralty Islands
      - Wuvulu: pula
    - Eastern Admiralty Islands
      - Manus
        Titan: ᵬul
    - Yapese: puul (“moon, month, period”)
  - St Matthias
    - Mussau-Emira: ulana
  - Western Oceanic
    - Papuan Tip
      - Central Papuan Tip
        Motu: hua
  - Micronesian
    - Chuukic-Pohnpeic
      - Pohnpeic
        Pohnpeian: maram pwul (“new moon”)
  - Central Pacific
    - Western Fijian-Rotuman
      - Rotuman: hula
    - East Fijian
      - Fijian: vula
    - Polynesian
      - Tongic
        Niuean: pula (“to shine”)
      - Nuclear Polynesian
        Ellicean
        Samoic
        Samoan: pula (“bright, luminous”)
        
        Kapingamarangi: bula (“to glow, shine”)
        
        Rennellese: puga (“to shine”)
        
        Eastern Polynesian
        Tahitic
        Maori: pura (“to twinkle”)

Synonyms edit

*qiNas

References edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *bulaN