Reconstruction:Proto-Micronesian/pwupwu

Proto-Micronesian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *bubu (“triggerfish”)

Noun

*pwupwu

1. triggerfish

Descendants

• Gilbertese: bwubwu
• Kosraean: fihf
• Marshallese: bib
• Mokilese: pwupw
• Pohnpeian: pwuupw
• Puluwat: pwupw
• Woleaian: buubu

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *bubu₇.