Where does “บูบู” come from?

บูบู (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic bubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bubu, from Proto-Austronesian bubu — fish trap.

บูบู (Urak Lawoi'): fish trap

Definitions

  1. fish trap

Ancestry of “บูบู”, step by step

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