Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/buSuk

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

Etymology

• Proto-Austronesian: *buSuk (Blust, 2010, #1786)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /busuk/

Verb

*buSuk

1. to be drunk

Derived terms

• *(ma-)buSuk

Descendants

• Atayal: busuk
• Bunun: busuk
• Kavalan: busuq
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *buhuk (see there for further descendants)
• Rukai: busuku
• Saisiyat: boSok
• Sakizaya: busuk
• Taroko: busuk
• Trobiawan: vusuk

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *buSuk