Where does “buluah” come from?

buluah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic *buluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buluq, from Proto-Austronesian buluq — type of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp.

buluah (Minangkabau): bamboo

Definitions

  1. bamboo

Ancestry of “buluah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*buluhbamboo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuluqtype of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp
3Proto-Austronesianbuluqtype of slender bamboo; Schizostachyum spp
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic *buluh →
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