< Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic
Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/bukit
Proto-Malayic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bukij, from Proto-Austronesian *bukij.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bukit/
Noun
*bukit
- hill (elevated location)
Descendants
- Brunei Malay: bukit (“hill”)
- Iban: bukit (“hill”)
- Malay: bukit (“hill”)
- Indonesian: bukit (“hill”)
- → Thai: ภูเก็ต (puu-gèt, “Phuket”)