Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/biʀu

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

Noun

*biʀu

fan palm

Descendants

Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: biru-biru
  - Toba Batak: biru
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Iban: biru
  - Malay: biru-biru
    - Indonesian: biru
Old Javanese: wiru
- Javanese: wiru
South Sulawesi
- Makasar: biru
Celebic
- Kaili–Pamona
  - Pamona: wiu
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Ngadha: biru
Oceanic
- Western Oceanic
  - North New Guinea
    - Kove: pilu
  - Meso-Melanesian
    - Nakanai: vilu-vilu
    - Cheke Holo: biru
- Central-Eastern Oceanic
  - Southeast Solomonic
    - Bugotu–Gela
      - Gela: vilu
    - Malaita–Makira
      - Sa'a: hilu
      - Makira
        Arosi: hiru
      - Malaita
        Kwaio: filu
        
        Lau: filu
        
        'Are'are: hilu
  - Central Pacific
    - Fijian: viu
    - Proto-Polynesian: *piu

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *biRu