Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/busuʀ

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *busuʀ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*busuʀ

  1. bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Descendants

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  • Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
      • Meso-Cordilleran
        • Kankanaey: búsog
        • Batad Ifugao: būhug
      • Northeastern Luzon
        • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: busóg
    • Greater Central Philippine
    • South Mindanao
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Old Javanese: wusu
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Halmahera–Cenderawasih
    • Oceanic: *pusuʀ
      • Western Oceanic
        • Meso-Melanesian
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic
        • Southeast Solomonic
        • Southern Oceanic

References

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