Where does “boenoe” come from?

boenoe (Peranakan Indonesian) comes from Malay bunuh, from Proto-Malayic bunuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq, from Proto-Austronesian buNuq — to throw at, to hit with a projectile.

boenoe (Peranakan Indonesian): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “boenoe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybunuhto kill
2Proto-Malayicbunuhto kill
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbunuqto kill
4Proto-AustronesianbuNuqto throw at, to hit with a projectile
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buNuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bunuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic bunuh →