Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/pupuk

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bubuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukbuk.

Noun

*pupuk

1. weevil that infests wood, bamboo, and rice

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific: *vuvu
    • Proto-Polynesian: *fufu
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: huhu
            • Mangarevan: ʻuʻu
            • North Marquesan: huhu
          • Rapa Nui: huhu
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: huhu
            • Rarotongan: ʻuʻu
            • Tahitian: huhu
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean-Outlier:
            • Tuvaluan: pupu, uu
      • Tongic:
        • Niuean: fufu
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • 'Are'are: huhu
    • Gela: vuvu
    • Lau: fufu
• Western Oceanic:
  • Meso-Melanesian:
    • Cheke Holo: fufu
    • Nakanai: vuvu
    • Roviana: vuvunu
  • North New Guinea:
    • Gedaged: fuf
  • Papuan Tip:
    • Molima: wuwuwuva
    • Motu: bubu