Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/buCa

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Noun

*buCa

mote in the eye
blindness

Descendants

Bunun: buta
Paiwan: vuca
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *buta
- Proto-Philippine:
  - Bikol Central: buta
  - Buhi'non Bikol: bota
  - Cebuano: buta
  - Higaonon: buta
  - Hiligaynon: buta
  - Iban: buta
  - Iriga Bicolano: buta
  - Mansaka: bota
  - Maranao: bota
  - Masbate Sorsogon: buta
  - Sarangani Manobo: buta
  - Southern Catanduanes Bicolano: buta
  - Tausug: buta
  - Waray Sorsogon: buta
  - Waray-Waray: buta
  - West Albay Bikol: buta
- Proto-Chamic:
  - Acehnese: buta
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Malayic:
    - Malay: buta
      - Indonesian: buta
- Old Javanese: wuta

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buCa”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI