Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bukbuk

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

Noun

*bukbuk

weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Central Maluku:
    - Asilulu: huhu
    - Buru (Indonesia): fufuk
  - Timoric:
    - Bilba: fufuk (Rote)
    - Luang: wuwa (Wetan)
    - Tetun Dili: fuhuk
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
    - Buli (Indonesia): pupi
  - Proto-Oceanic: *pupuk
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Central Pacific: *vuvu
        Proto-Polynesian: *fufu
        Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: huhu
        Mangarevan: ʻuʻu
        North Marquesan: huhu
        Rapa Nui: huhu
        Tahitic:
        Maori: huhu
        Rarotongan: ʻuʻu
        Tahitian: huhu
        Western Polynesian:
        Ellicean-Outlier:
        Tuvaluan: pupu, uu
        Tongic:
        Niuean: fufu
      - Southeast Solomonic:
        'Are'are: huhu
        Gela: vuvu
        Lau: fufu
    - Western Oceanic:
      - Meso-Melanesian:
        Cheke Holo: fufu
        Nakanai: vuvu
        Roviana: vuvunu
      - North New Guinea:
        Gedaged: fuf
      - Papuan Tip:
        Molima: wuwuwuva
        Motu: bubu
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Greater Barito:
  - East Barito:
    - Malagasy: vovoka
- Proto-Philippine: *bukbuk
Chamorro: poppo
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Bali-Sasak:
    - Balinese: bubuk
    - Sasak: bubuk
  - Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    - Proto-Malayic: *bubuk
      - Iban: bubuk
      - Malay: bubuk
        Indonesian: bubuk
      - Urak Lawoi': บูโบะ (buboq)
  - Sundanese: bubuk
- Old Javanese: bubuk
  - Javanese: ꦧꦸꦧꦸꦏ꧀ (bubuk)
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
  - Makasar: bu'bu'
  - Mandar: bu'bu'
  - Tae': bu'buk