Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bulan

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *bulaN

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan

Proto-Malayic *bulan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulan/

Noun

*bulan

1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
2. month

Descendants

• Banjarese: bulan
• Kendayan: buan
• Ibanic
  • Iban: bulan
  • Keninjal: bulan
  • Mualang: bulán
  • Seberuang: bulan
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Brunei Malay: bulan
  • Malay: bulan, bln
    • Indonesian: bulan
  • Central Malay: bulan
  • Minangkabau: bulan
  • Pattani Malay: บูแล (bulɛ)
• Urak Lawoi': บูลัด (bulat)

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University, page 46
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bulaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*bulaN”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary