mapurutu
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *mapuʀuk with irregular t, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)buʀuk, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)buʀuk, from *buʀuk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mapurutu/
Adjective
mapurutu
- rotten
Further reading
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
- Goodenough, Ward H. (1997). Proto-Kimbe: A New Analysis. Oceanic Linguistics. 36 (2): p. 274.