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)
month

Descendants

Proto-Philippine: *bulan (see there for further descendants)
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)
Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
Balinese: bulan
- Sasak: bulan
Malayo-Chamic
- Proto-Chamic: *bulaːn
  - Tsat: phian¹¹
- Proto-Malayic: *bulan (see there for further descendants)
Sundanese: bulan
Proto-South Sulawesi: *bulan (see there for further descendants)
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