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Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/bulu

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bulu/

Noun

*bulu

  1. (anatomy) hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)

Descendants
  • Barito
    • East Barito
      • Malagasy: volo
  • Chamorro: pulu
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • North Bornean
    • Melanau–Kajang/Central Sarawak
  • Old Javanese: wulu
    • Javanese: ꦮꦸꦭꦸ (wulu)
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *bulu
    • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
      • Balinese: ᬩᬸᬮᬸ (bulu)
    • Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *bulu
      • Proto-Malayic: *bulu (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Oceanic: *pulu
    • Proto-Central Pacific *vulu
      • Proto-Polynesian: *fulu
  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Northern Luzon
    • Greater Central Philippine
      • Central Philippine
        • Bikol
          • Coastal Bikol
        • Bisayan
      • Manobo
    • Tagalog: bulbol

Further reading
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