Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/bukəS

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

*bukəS

  1. hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Descendants edit

  • Amis: fokes
  • Kanakanabu: vʉkʉsʉ
  • Kavalan: buqes
  • Saaroa: vʉkʉ
  • Thao: fukish
  • Tsou: f'ʉsʉ
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *buhək
    • Proto-Philippine:
      • Batanic
      • Northern Luzon
      • Central Luzon
      • Greater Central Philippine
    • North Bornean
      • Northeast Sabah
      • Southwest Sabah
    • Land Dayak