Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bulan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bulan/

Noun

*bulan

moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)

Descendants

Proto-Philippine: *bulan
- Batanic
  - Yami: vehan
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Bikol
      - Bikol Central: bulan
    - Bisayan
      - Southern Bisayan
        Surigaonon: buyan
        Tausug: buwan
      - Cebuano: bulan
      - Central Bisayan
        Hiligaynon: bulan
        Masbatenyo: bulan
        Romblomanon: buyan
        Waray-Waray: bulan
      - Western Bisayan
        Aklanon: buean
        Ratagnon: bulan
    - Tagalog: buwan
  - Danao
    - Maranao: bolan
  - Manobo
    - Matigsalug Manobo: bulan
  - Palawanic
    - Brooke's Point Palawano: bulan
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: bulan
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - South-Central Cordilleran
      - Central Cordilleran
        North-Central Cordilleran
        Kalinga-Itneg
        Limos Kalinga: bulan
      - Southern Cordilleran
        West Southern Cordilleran
        Nuclear Southern Cordilleran
        Ibaloi: bulan
        Karao: bolan
        Kayapa Kallahan: bulan
  - Northeastern Luzon
    - Dupaningan Agta: bulan
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: bulan
  - Sambalic
    - Sambali: bolan
Sama-Bajaw:
- Yakan: bulan
Barito:
- Malagasy: volana
- Ngaju: bulan
North Bornean:
- Proto-North Sarawak: *bulan
  - Bakung: bulan
  - Baram Kayan: bulan
  - Bintulu: bulan
  - Kelabit: bulan
Proto-Batak:
- Dairi Batak: bulan
- Karo Batak: bulan
- Toba Batak: bulan
Old Javanese: bulan, wulan
- Javanese: bulan
- Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦤ꧀ (wulan)
  - → Indonesian: wulan
- → Balinese: ᬯᬸᬮᬦ᭄ (wulan)
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Balinese: bulan
  - Proto-Chamic: *bulaːn
    - Tsat: phian¹¹
  - Proto-Malayic: *bulan
    - Brunei Malay: bulan
    - Iban: bulan
    - Malay: bulan
      - Indonesian: bulan
    - Urak Lawoi': บูลัด (bulat)
  - Sasak: bulan
- Sundanese: bulan
Proto-South Sulawesi: *bulan
- Buginese: uleng
- Makasar: bulang
Chamorro: pulan
Palauan: buil
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Sumba-Flores:
  - Palu'e: wula
- Timoric:
  - Tetum: fulan
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Oceanic:
    - Fijian: vula