Where does “vuk” come from?

vuk (Paiwan) comes from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk — rotten; bad.

vuk (Paiwan): rotten meat

Definitions

  1. rotten meat

Ancestry of “vuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianbuʀukrotten; bad
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buʀuk
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