Proto-Malayo-Polynesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Austronesian *bituqən.
Pronunciation[edit]
*bituqən
- star (luminous celestial body)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
- Babar:
- Central Maluku:
- Timoric:
- Selaru:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
- Proto-Oceanic: *pituqun (see there for further descendants)
- Chamorro: puti'on
- Land Dayak:
- Moklenic:
- Old Javanese: wintaṅ
- Proto-Philippine: *bituqən
- Proto-Malayic: *bintaŋ
- Sundanese: béntang
- Proto-South Sulawesi: