Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/buʀah

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *buʀəS.

Verb

*buʀah

1. to spray water from the mouth
2. to spray a mixture of saliva and masticated medicinal herbs on an ailing body part in curing

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Meso-Cordilleran
      • Central Bontoc: bolá
      • Batad Ifugao: bulá
      • Tuwali Ifugao: bula
    • Northeastern Luzon
      • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: bugá
  • Umiray Dumaget Agta: buge
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: bugá
      • Bikol Central: bugá
      • Visayan
        • Cebuano: bugá
        • Aklanon: bugá
        • Hiligaynon: bugá
      • Mansaka: boga
    • South Mangyan
      • Hanunoo: búga
    • Manobo
      • Binukid: buga
    • Gorontalo–Mongondow
      • Mongondow: buga
  • Sangiric: *buʀa
    • Sangir: buha
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Iban: burah
    • Malay: bura
      • Indonesian: bura
  • Sundanese: bura
• South Sulawesi
  • Tae': bura
• Celebic
  • Tomini–Tolitoli
    • ⇒ Boano (Sulawesi): tuhuna
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • ⇒ Komodo: burang
    • ⇒ Rembong: burang
    • Ngadha: bura
  • Flores–Lembata
    • Sika: bura
  • Central Maluku
    • Kamarian: hura
    • ⇒ Asilulu: hurasi
    • ⇒ Manipa: rahula
• Oceanic: *puʀa
  • Papuan Tip
    • Molima: wula

References

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