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

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

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