Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/lubuk

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lubuk.

Noun

*lubuk

1. cave, cavern (undersea)

Descendants

• Chamorro: lupok
• North Bornean
  • North Sarawakan
    • Apo Duat
      • Lun Bawang: lubuk
• Greater Barito
  • East Barito
    • Malagasy: lovoka
  • West Barito
    • South
      • Ngaju: lowok
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Proto-Batak:
    • Northern
      • Karo Batak: lubuk
    • Southern
      • Toba Batak: lubuk
• Old Javanese: luwuk (“cavity, hollow”), lowok (“wide open”)
  • Javanese: ꦭꦺꦴꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lobok, “loose”)
  • Javanese: ꦭꦸꦮꦸꦏ꧀ (luwuk, “unfilled; dent”)
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Bali-Sasak
    • Balinese: ᬮᭀᬯᭀᬓ᭄ (lowok, “water tunnel”), ᬮᭀᬳᭀᬓ᭄ (lohok, “water tunnel”)
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Malay: lubuk
        • Indonesian: lubuk
      • Minangkabau: lubuak

Verb

*lubuk

1. to pound with a pestle.

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Central Philippine
    • Visayan
      • Cebuano: lubúk
• Sama–Bajaw
  • Mapun: lubuk
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Ende–Manggarai
      • Manggarai: lubuk

Further reading

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *lubuk