Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/buruŋ

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

Noun

*buruŋ

1. bird

Descendants

• Banjarese: burung
• Ibanic
  • Iban: burung, burong
  • Keninjal: burung
  • Mualang: burong
  • Seberuang: burong
• Malayan
  • Malay: burung, burong (1924-1972)
    • → Gorontalo: burungi
    • > Indonesian: burung, boeroeng (1901–1947) (inherited)
      • → Asilulu: burung
    • → Tagalog: burong
  • Minangkabau: buruang
  • Pattani Malay: บูรฺง (buɣoŋ)
• Urak Lawoi': บูรก (burok)
• → Ma'anyan: wurung
• → Malagasy: vorona
• → Ngaju: burung

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 90
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*buruŋ”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary