Where does “Bunye” come from?

Bunye (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bunyi, from Malay bunyi, from Proto-Malayic buñi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buñi.

Bunye (Tagalog): of native origin

Definitions

  1. of native origin

Ancestry of “Bunye”, step by step

Bunye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bunyi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbunyifame; renown; great honor
2Malaybunyisound
3Proto-Malayicbuñi—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuñi—

via Phuthi nye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phuthinyeone
2Proto-Bantu-mòìone
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buñi →Every word from Proto-Malayic buñi →Every word from Malay bunyi →