Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/bubu

Proto-Oceanic

Noun

*bubu

1. triggerfish

Descendants

• Arosi: bubu
• Gedaged: bub
• Kwaio: bubu
• Lau: bubu
• Proto-Micronesian: *pwupwu
  • Gilbertese: bwubwu
  • Kosraean: fihf
  • Marshallese: bib
  • Mokilese: pwupw
  • Pohnpeian: pwuupw
  • Puluwat: pwupw
  • Woleaian: buubu
• Seimat: pup
• Tolai: bub

References

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