Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/baʀuaŋ

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

DisplacedProto-Austronesian *Cumay (“Formosan black bear, Ursus thibetanus formosanus”).

Noun

*baʀuaŋ

bear (large mammal of family Ursidae)

Descendants

Barito
- East Barito
  - Tawoyan: biang
  - Dusun Witu: biakng
  - Ma'anyan: wayuang
- West Barito
  - Ngaju: bahuang
  - Bakumpai: beruang
North Bornean
- Northeast Sabahan
  - Bonggi: buruakng
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Dusunic
    - Central Dusun: bohuang
    - Coastal Kadazan: bouvang
    - Rungus: bovang
    - Kimaragang: boowang
  - Murutic
    - Paluan: bauang
  - Paitanic
    - Upper Kinabatangan: bawang
- North Sarawakan
  - Bintulu: bebang
  - Berawan–Lower Baram
    - Berawan: kebing
    - Kiput: belufie
  - Dayic
    - Kelabit: beruang
    - Lun Bawang: beruang
  - Kenyah
    - Bakung: buang
    - Penan
      - Eastern Penan: buang
      - Western Penan: buang
- Central Sarawak
  - Melanau–Kajang
    - Central Melanau: buweang
    - Kanowit: buang
    - Lahanan: buvwang
  - Punan–Müller-Schwaner
    - Punan
      - Punan Tubu: boang
      - Punan Bah-Biau: boeang
      - Ukit: boang
      - Bukat: boang
    - Müller-Schwaner
      - Hovongan: bohang
      - Kereho: bohang
      - Aoheng: bohang
Kayanic
- Kayan–Murik
  - Bahau: buang
  - Busang Kayan: buang
  - Baram Kayan: buang
- Segai–Modang
  - Segai: wehgung
  - Modang: wahagung
Land Dayak
- Benyadu–Bekati
  - Benyadu': baruang
  - Bekati': baruang
- Bidayuh
  - Bau Bidayuh: buang
- Southern Land Dayak
  - Jangkang: buakng
  - Ribun: buakng
  - Sanggau: boruang
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: beruang
  - Mandailing Batak: baruang
- Nias: berua
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Ibanic
    - Iban: beruang
    - Keninjal: beruang
    - Mualang: burwang
  - Kendayan: baruang
  - Banjarese: baruang, biruang
  - Malayan
    - Malay: beruang
      - Indonesian: beruang
      - → Buginese: baruang
      - → Toraja-Sa'dan: beruang
      - → Maranao: baroang
      - → Tajio: boruang
    - Minangkabau: biruang
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ᬩ᭄ᬭᬸᬯᬂ (bruang), ᬩᬭᭀᬂ (barong)
    - → Indonesian: barong
  - Sasak: beruang
- Madurese: bâruwâng, bhâruwâng, bhruwâng, bâubâ
- Old Sundanese
  - Sundanese: ᮘᮤᮛᮥᮃᮀ (biruang)
Old Javanese: barwaṅ, baroṅ
- Javanese: ꦧꦿꦸꦮꦁ (bruwang), ꦧꦫꦺꦴꦁ (barong)
  - → Indonesian: barong

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *baʀuaŋ