Where does “buru” come from?

buru (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic *buru, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw, from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw — drive off, chase away, expel.

buru (Malay): to hunt

Definitions

  1. to hunt

Ancestry of “buru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*buru—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buʀawdrive off, chase away, expel
3Proto-Austronesian*buʀawdrive off, chase away, expel

Words derived from “buru”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *buʀaw →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buʀaw →Every word from Proto-Malayic *buru →