Where does “buli” come from?

buli (Fijian) comes from Proto-Oceanic buliq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buliq — buttocks.

buli (Fijian): cowrie shell

Definitions

  1. cowrie shell

Ancestry of “buli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicbuliq—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuliqbuttocks
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buliq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic buliq →