Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/busuʀ

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /busuʀ/

Noun

*busuʀ

bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Descendants

Saisiyat: boehoe:
Pazeh: buzux
Thao: futulh
East Formosan
- Kavalan: busuR
- Sakizaya: bucul
- Amis: focol
Tsou: fsuyu
Bunun: busul
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *busuʀ
- Philippine
  - Northern Luzon
    - Meso-Cordilleran
      - Kankanaey: búsog
      - Batad Ifugao: būhug
    - Northeastern Luzon
      - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: busóg
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Tagalog: busóg
      - Bikol Central: busóg
      - Cebuano: busóg
      - Mansakan
        Mansaka: bosóg
        Tagakaulu Kalagan: busug
    - Palawanic
      - Palawan Batak: busóg
      - Brooke's Point Palawano: busog
  - South Mindanao
    - Tiruray: bohor
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  - Toba Batak: busur
- Malayo-Sumbawan
  - Chamic
    - Acehnese: busu
  - Proto-Malayic: *busur
    - Malayan
      - Malay: busur
        Indonesian: busur
- Old Javanese: wusu
  - Javanese: ꦮꦸꦱꦸ (wusu)
- South Sulawesi
  - Tae': buso'
- Celebic
  - Muna–Buton
    - Muna: mbosu
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Sumba–Flores
    - Rembong: wusur
    - Sabu: wuhu
  - Flores–Lembata
    - Lamaholot: wuhu
    - Kedang: ur
  - Timoric
    - Tetum: fusu
    - Bilba: busu
  - Selaru: hus
  - Kei–Tanimbar
    - Fordata: vuhur
    - Yamdena: busir
  - Central Maluku
    - Nunusaku
      - Three Rivers
        Alune: busule
      - West Piru Bay
        Asilulu: husu
        Luhu: a-pusu
      - East Piru Bay
        Kamarian: husur
        Paulohi: husule
        Saparua: husur
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    - Bima: pusi
  - Oceanic: *pusuʀ
    - Western Oceanic
      - Meso-Melanesian
        Fanamaket: fus
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic
      - Southeast Solomonic
        Bughotu: vuhu
      - Southern Oceanic
        Mota: us
        Vurës: vus

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *busuR₂.