Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bəʀkəs

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*bəʀkəs

bundle (as of firewood)
package

Descendants

Philippine
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: bigkís
    - Bikol Central: bugkós
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: bugkós
      - Aklanon: búgkos
      - Hiligaynon: búgkos
  - South Mangyan
    - Hanunoo: bugkús
  - Danao
    - Maranao: bekes
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Mongondow: bogot
- Kalamian
  - Tagbanwa: begkes
- South Mindanao
  - Tboli: bkes
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: berkes
  - Toba Batak: borhos
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
  - Acehnese: beureukaïh
- Malayic
  - Iban: berekas
  - Malay: berkas
    - Indonesian: berkas
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
  - Central Maluku
    - Asilulu: heke
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *bokəs
  - Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    - Biak: bòs
  - Oceanic: *pokos
    - Southeast Solomonic
      - 'Are'are: hoko
      - Sa'a: hoko

References

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