Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/buaq

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *buaq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buaʔ/, /buaq/

Noun

*buaq

fruit (part of plant; food)

Descendants

Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Oceanic:
    - Fijian: vua
    - Polynesian:
      - Nuclear Polynesian:
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: hua
        
        Maori: hua
      - Tongan: fua
- Uab Meto: fua'
Malagasy: voa
Sunda-Sulawesi: *buah
- Old Javanese: ꦮ꧀ꦮꦃ (wwah)
  - Javanese: woh
- Malayo-Sumbawan: *buah
  - Malayo-Chamic: *buah
    - Chamic: *bɔh
      - Acehnese: boh
      - Eastern Cham: boḥ
    - Malayic: *buah
      - Malayan
        Malay: buah
        Indonesian: buah
  - Sundanese: ᮘᮥᮃᮂ (buah)

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