Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bukit

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bukit/

Noun

*bukit

1. hill (elevated location)

Descendants

• Brunei Malay: bukit (“hill”)
• Iban: bukit (“hill; mountain”)
• Malay: bukit (“hill”)
  • Indonesian: bukit (“hill”)
  • → Thai: ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt, “Phuket”)