Where does “bulo” come from?

bulo (Makasar) comes from Proto-South Sulawesi *bulo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buluq, from Proto-Austronesian buluq — type of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp.

bulo (Makasar): bamboo

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “bulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-South Sulawesi*bulo—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluqtype of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp
3Proto-Austronesianbuluqtype of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp

Words derived from “bulo”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian buluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buluq →Every word from Proto-South Sulawesi *bulo →