Where does “bubu” come from?

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

bubu (Minriq): fish trap

Definitions

  1. fish trap

Ancestry of “bubu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybubufish trap
2Proto-Malayicbubufish trap
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbubufish trap
4Proto-Austronesianbubufish trap
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bubu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu →Every word from Proto-Malayic bubu →
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