Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/busuʀ

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 *busuʀ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /busuʀ/, /busur/

Noun

*busuʀ

bow (weapon used for shooting arrows)

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Meso-Cordilleran
    - Kankanaey: búsog
    - Batad Ifugao: būhug
  - Northeastern Luzon
    - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: busóg
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: busóg
    - Bikol Central: busóg
    - Cebuano: busóg
    - Mansakan
      - Mansaka: bosóg
      - Tagakaulu Kalagan: busug
  - Palawanic
    - Palawan Batak: busóg
    - Brooke's Point Palawano: busog
- South Mindanao
  - Tiruray: bohor
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Toba Batak: busur
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Chamic
  - Acehnese: busu
- Proto-Malayic: *busur
  - Malayan
    - Malay: busur
      - Indonesian: busur
Old Javanese: wusu
- Javanese: ꦮꦸꦱꦸ (wusu)
South Sulawesi
- Tae': buso'
Celebic
- Muna–Buton
  - Muna: mbosu
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Rembong: wusur
  - Sabu: wuhu
- Flores–Lembata
  - Lamaholot: wuhu
  - Kedang: ur
- Timoric
  - Tetum: fusu
  - Bilba: busu
- Selaru: hus
- Kei–Tanimbar
  - Fordata: vuhur
  - Yamdena: busir
- Central Maluku
  - Nunusaku
    - Three Rivers
      - Alune: busule
    - West Piru Bay
      - Asilulu: husu
      - Luhu: a-pusu
    - East Piru Bay
      - Kamarian: husur
      - Paulohi: husule
      - Saparua: husur
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Halmahera–Cenderawasih
  - Bima: pusi
- Oceanic: *pusuʀ
  - Western Oceanic
    - Meso-Melanesian
      - Fanamaket: fus
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic
    - Southeast Solomonic
      - Bughotu: vuhu
    - Southern Oceanic
      - Mota: us
      - Vurës: vus

References

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