< Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic
Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/buək
Proto Malayic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhək, from Proto-Austronesian *bukəS by metathesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buək/
Noun
*buək
- hair (the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals)
Descendants
- Ibanic
- Iban: buk
- Mualang: buk
- Kendayan: buuk
- Malayan
- Minangkabau: abuak
- Rao: obuok
- Minangkabau: abuak
- Urak Lawoi': โบะ (boq)