Where does “bubu” come from?

bubu (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu, from Proto-Austronesian bubu — fish trap.

bubu (Malay): fish trap

Definitions

  1. fish trap

Ancestry of “bubu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicbubufish trap
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbubufish trap
3Proto-Austronesianbubufish trap

Words derived from “bubu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bubu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu →Every word from Proto-Malayic bubu →