Reconstruction:Old Javanese/böh

This Old Javanese entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀəq (“abscess, boil, swelling on the body”).

Root

*böh

  1. swollen

Alternative forms

  • *buh
  • *bĕh

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦧꦸꦃ (buh)

Further reading

  • "Old Javanese/böh" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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