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

to spray water from the mouth
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.

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