Reconstruction:Old Javanese/böh

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Root

*böh

1. swollen

Alternative forms

• *buh
• *bĕh

Derived terms

• abuh
• aböh

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦸꦃ (buh)

Further reading

• "Old Javanese/böh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.