Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
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From Proto-Austronesian *buŋa (“flower, blossom”).
*buŋa
- flower (reproductive structure in angiosperms)
- Proto-Philippine: *buŋa
- Proto-Northern Luzon
- Dupaningan Agta: bunga (“fruit”)
- Ilocano: bunga (“fruit”)
- Proto-Central Cordilleran
- Limos Kalinga: bunga (“fruit”)
- Lubuagan Kalinga: bunga (“fruit”)
- Greater Central Philippine
- Central Philippine
- Bikol Central: bunga (“fruit”)
- Tagalog: bunga (“fruit; result; areca”)
- Proto-Bisayan
- Cebuano: bunga (“fruit; nut; a yield; an offspring”)
- Tausug: bunga (“fruit”)
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
- Balinese: ᬩᬸᬗ (bunga, “flower; interest (finance)”)
- Sasak: ᬩᬸᬗ (bunga)
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
- Proto-Malayic:
- Brunei Malay: bunga (“flower; interest (finance)”)
- Iban: bungai (“flower”)
- Malay: bunga (“flower”)
- Indonesian: bunga (“flower; interest (finance)”)
- Minangkabau: bungo (“flower”)
- Old Javanese: woṅa (“flower”), wuṅa (“flower”)
- Palauan: bung
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Oceanic: *puŋa (“flower; bossom”)
- Proto-Polynesian:
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Samoan: fuga (“flower”)
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Maori: pua (“to bloom, foaming, flower”)
- Hawaiian: pua (“flower”)
- Rapa Nui: pua (“flower”)
- Tahitian: pua (“flower”)
- North Bornean
- Southwest Sabahan
- Central Dusun: bunga (“flower”)
- Barrier Islands–Batak
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *buŋa ni batu (“coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom'”)
- Proto-Oceanic: *buŋa (“white, porous coral or growth”)
- Fijian: vuga
- Proto-Polynesian: *puŋa (“coral rock”)
- Tongan: punga (“coral”)
- Samoan: puga (“coral”)
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tahitian: puʻa (“coral, lime”)
- Maori: punga (“coral, anchor”), pungapunga (“pumice”),
- Hawaiian: puna (“coral, lime, calcium”)