Where does “bubu” come from?

bubu (Kavalan) comes from Proto-Austronesian bubu — fish trap.

bubu (Kavalan): conical bamboo basket trap for fish

Definitions

  1. conical bamboo basket trap for fish

Ancestry of “bubu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianbubufish trap
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bubu
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