The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*buaq fruit

Leaflet

PAN buaq fruit ⇫

Form.
Kanakanabu vuaʔe orange
Siraya voa fruit
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) vuwaH fruit
Puyuma vuwaH fruit
bua fruit
Paiwan vuaq Dioscorea alata (wild); Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (cultigen)
Favorlang/Babuza boa fruit

PMP buaq fruit; areca palm and nut; grain; berry; seed; nut; endosperm of a sprouting coconut; kidney; heart; finger; calf of the leg; testicle; various insects; scar tissue; roe; bud; flower; blossom; bear fruit; words, speech, or songs; meaning, contents of discussion; numeral classifier for roundish objects; buttock; Adam's apple; nipple of the breast; button; marble; tattooing ⇫

WMP
Itbayaten vwa areca palm or nut
voa areca palm or nut
Tsat pho⁵⁵ fruit
Isneg bowá the betel palm or areca palm: Areca catechu L.; the betel nut
Itawis hwa areca nut
Ifugaw buwá seed, grain, kernel, nut
Kankanaey boá grain, berry, bead; grape, fruit; drupe; seed; stone; kernel, pip. In general, all that is small and round
men-boá swell up, get round (applied to the breasts of women)
Yogad bwa areca nut
Ilokano boá betel palm, areca palm: Areca catechu L.
Chamorro pugwaʔ machena type of bush: Davallia solida
pugwaʔ betel nut palm: Areca catechu
Rhade boh phao ammunition, bullet, shot
boh plê testicle
boh pia word
boh fruit, egg, round object; classifier for round objects; found in names of many fruits
Moken buak fruit
Cebuano búwaʔ spongy growth inside a coconut which is produced prior to sprouting; it is good to eat
Binukid buwaʔ kidney (dialect form)
Maranao boaʔ endosperm of germinating coconut; prolapsed uterus
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) buwaʔ kidney
Palauan məduʔ əl buuʔ kidney
búuʔ betel nut
Mansaka bowaʔ coconut sprout
Dumpas buaʔ fruit
Acehnese bòh keumiròë oleaginous nut; also human testicles
bòh gōŋ boss of a gong; bolt of a rifle
bòh Klèŋ lit. penis of a (Tamil) = kind of sea cucumber
mu-bòh bearing fruit
bòh haleukōm Adam's apple
bòh euŋkōt roe of fish
bòh pisaŋ upper arm
bòh asèë penis of a dog; bolt of a rifle
bòh fruit, bud, seed, nut, button, ball, weight, importance, egg, calf of the leg, nit (louse egg), spout of a vessel, penis, male sex organs; numeral classifier; element in names of body parts; objects used in games or gambling; also used in a number of figurative expressions
bòh manoʔ chicken egg
bòh meureuyam cannon shot
Kenyah (Long San) buaʔ fruit
Kenyah buʔa-n betel nut
buaʔ fruit
Kelabit buaʔ fruit; integral part of (used in names of many fruits, the fingers)
buaʔ tikan honeybee
Sangir bua-n susu nipple
ba-wua tassel
bua fruit; blossom, infloresence; used in the names of color-varieties of cocks; numeral classifier for objects that are more long than broad (hairs, nails)
me-bua bear fruit
Lahanan bugwa fruit
Melanau Dalat buaʔ fruit
Melanau (Mukah) buaʔ timun cucumber
Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh) buaʔ fruit
Melanau (Mukah) buaʔ pak kneecap
buaʔ fruit; round or rounded object (used in names of many fruits and some vegetables)
buaʔ guli marble (for children's games)
Dairi-Pakpak Batak buah fruit
buah bedil ammunition for a gun
Simalur bua pao ('mango fruit') name of a weaving pattern
bua fruit
Toba Batak bua fruit
Karo Batak buah fruit; seed of a fruit; button of a jacket; blade of a knife; numeral classifier for small objects, grains
Iban buah jakoʔ one to be spoken of and remembered (in song); famous, renowned in story
buah fruit of any kind, berry, nut; anything rounded or resembling a fruit (calf of the leg, biceps); pattern, design; numeral classifier for e.g. buildings, boats
Malay buah renda ricestalks cut in the ceremonies
buah fruit; fruit-like (rounded) object. A descriptive term for (i) all fruits, (ii) 'fruit' in the special sense of the areca nut (cf. e.g. 'receptacle for areca nut in a -set'), (iii) stony fruit used for special purposes, e.g. candle-nuts used as playing-marbles, (iv) articles resembling definite kinds of fruit, e.g. (fruit of Zizyphus jujuba; a bead suggesting that fruit; a sweetmeat suggesting that fruit, (v) adolescent girls regarded as fruit ripe for the plucking, (vi) the fruit-like (i.e. rounded) portion of anything, e.g. 'calf of the leg', 'testicle', 'buttock', 'kidney', (vii) miscellaneous rounded objects such as studs, buttons, chessmen, etc., (viii) generally, as a numeral coefficient for all rounded objects such as stones, books, watches, boxes, plates, bowls, baskets, eggs, teeth, shields, doors, buildings, villages, towns, countries, hills, mountains, caves and lakes; and also for lamentations
Seru bo fruit
Tonsea wuaʔ fruit
Basap buaʔ fruit
Bukat buaʔ fruit
Tontemboan wuaʔ-na in susu nipple
wuaʔ-na in cama finger
wuaʔ-na in ceicei toe
wuaʔ fruit; areca nut
Nias bua geu fruit of a tree; eye
bua danõ grain
bua mbaru button, stud
bua fruit; kidneys; marble
fa-bua play marbles; fasten a button
Mongondow buaʔ endosperm of a germinating coconut
im-buaʔ-an remove the endosperm of a germinating coconut to eat (children love to do this)
Kayan bua kaluŋ the spirit of tattooing in old customs
bua moʔ nipples of the human breast
bua fruit
Mentawai bua fruit; husk; flower; testicle; part of the breast tattooing; ZC (nephew or niece)
Bare'e wua m-bine the areca nut, beads, comb and other objects that lie in the , the basket from which the seed rice is distributed to the women who will sow it in dibble holes during the planting
wua fruit; also used of kidneys because of their shape
wua waya large type of areca nut
wua-ki what is hung on something as decoration: beads, metal strips, tassels
po-wua time, place or manner of bearing fruit
Uma wuaʔ fruit
Mori Atas vua fruit
Tae' bua polloʔ buttocks
bua fruit, in particular the areca nut; heart
apa buaʔ what does it mean?
buaʔ use, sense, meaning
Padoe vua fruit
Delang buah fruit
Bungku vua fruit
Rejang buaʔ fruit; kidneys (of animals); testicles; calf muscle, biceps
Mandar bua fruit, fruits
Buginese ua fruit
Makassarese bua liver
Lampung buah fruit
Makassarese (Salayar) bua liver
Sundanese ka-bu-buah-an kidneys
bu-buah-an all sorts of fruits
buah-an have fruit, bear fruit
buah fruit in general; in the region of Bandung this refers especially to all sorts of mangos
pi-buah-eun what will become a fruit = blossom
Old Javanese wwah fruit, esp. betel-nut
Javanese a-woh bear fruit
pa-woh-an container for betel-chewing materials
woh-an guava
woh fruit
woh-woh-an various kinds of fruit
Balinese buah-buah-an fruit
buah fruit, product; esp. betel-nut
buah catur set of chess-men
Sasak buaʔ lakaʔ song, love song
be-buaʔ bear fruit
buaʔ lawas song, such as is sung in the paddy fields
buaʔ fruit (followed by the name of specific kinds); (specifically) betel-nut
buaʔ koldi Adam's apple
buaʔ kelambi knot; button
buaʔ tomboŋ hemorrhoids
Proto-Sangiric bua fruit
Malagasy voa-n-tay the name of a beetle, probably a scavenger beetle
voa seeds or fruits of all kinds; the kidneys; element in the names of numerous fructifying plants
voa-nósy name of an insect
voa-háŋy beads of red coral, etc.
voa-n-tandroka name of a flying insect
voa-n-kena the kidneys of animals; /voa/ alone is used for the kidneys of human beings
voa-lavo rat
voa-n-tséfotra name of a small insect
CMP
Soboyo nuo m-fua-ñ coconut
fua-ñ fruit
Sula fua fruit
Wahai hua-n fruit
Alune bua fruit
bua-i numeral classifier for roundish objects such as eggs, pearls, heads, etc.
Batu Merah ai hua-na fruit
Paulohi hua-i its fruit; numeral classifier for people, boats, cigarettes, mountains
Teluti hua-n fruit
Kamarian hua betel nut; fruit; the heart
Buruese fua betel nut; element in names of various bananas
fua-n fruit; spleen; person; numeral coefficient for fruit; egg
Saparua ai hua fruit
Asilulu hua fruit; numeral connector for small objects
hua to swell; be pregnant; fruit; protrusions; numeral connector for small objects (as cigarettes); areca nut
Nusa Laut huwa-l fruit
Laha hua fruit
Larike hua fruit; classifier for fruits, buildings, eggs, general objects
Watubela buak areca, betel nut
Ujir fua-i fruit
Dobel fukwa heart
Fordata vua-n fruit; heart
Tugun fua-n fruit
Yamdena na-bu bear fruit
bua-n fruit
Erai hua-n fruit
Talur ai-hua-n fruit
Selaru hua heart
Leti woa fruit
na-woa bear fruit
wo numeral classifier
Adonara wua fruit
Solorese wua fruit
Rembong wuaʔ fruit; kidneys
se-wuaʔ numeral classifier used in counting people, etc.
Manggarai wua tuka beloved child
wua fruit, fruits; kidneys; results of a discussion, conclusion; contents; purpose, content (of talk); protrude (of the skin), grow (of scar tissue over a healed wound); areca nut
wua usaŋ kind of edible mushroom
wua pucu heart
Bimanese wua foʔo mango
wua fruit, contents
Tetun (Dili) fua-b fruit; heart
Riung wua fruit
Galoli ai hua-n fruit
Komodo wua fruit
Sika wua the areca palm and its fruit
wua-ŋ fruit; bear fruit
bua bear a child
wuʔa-ŋ wua kidney
wua-ŋ ruaŋ wasp that nests in the ground
ha-wua some, a piece (numeral classifier)
wua-ŋ ihi-ŋ the yield from a field, harvest
Ngadha bua bear fruit for the first time
Tetun fua-n fruit (plants and trees); heart (of persons or living things)
kilat fua-n bullet
lia fua-n word, term
fua-b fruit; heart
mata-n fua-n eyeball
bua betel nut, areca: Areca catechu
ai-n fua-n toes
kontas fua-n rosary beads; placed between some nouns and numerals as a classifier, e.g. 'four eggs'
Vaikenu fua-n fruit
Waiyewa ua fruit
Anakalangu wua fruit
Kodi wojo fruit
Lamboya wu fruit
Kambera wua fruit, seed, grain; numeral classifier for fruits, houses, months, villages, gardens, etc.
kuta wua sirih, which bears fruit, also sirih as fruit as distinct from the leaf
wua kadalu kidneys; testicles
tílu mbua uma three houses
wua mata pupil of the eye; to bear fruit
Hawu ɓue fruit; classifier used in counting fruits, round objects
he-wue he-wue each, every, of fruits, eggs, etc.
wue fruit
Rotinese boa fruit; as an independent word used especially when the fruit of a tree has already been named
Dhao/Ndao hua fruit
Morella hua fruit
Wetan woa fruit; milt; bear fruit
SHWNG
Numfor bo-n fruit
Pom -bo fruit
Ambai bo fruit
Waropen wo fruit
Moor vo fruit
Irarutu fo fruit

POC puaq fruit; seed; blossom; egg; nut; testicle; numeral classifier for roundish objects; to fruit, bear fruit; show first signs of pregnancy; to swell, of the sea ⇫

OC
Hawaiian hua fruit, egg, ovum, seed, offspring; to bear fruit, seed; bear a child; fruitful; round object, as pill or bead; result, effect; testicles; word, letter, figure, watchword, rallying cry, note in music; to speak
hoʔo-hua bear fruit, reproduce, give birth; swell high, as a wave
Woleaian -uw numeral classifier for general objects including those which are not covered by other classifiers. Big animals (e.g. whales, horses, pigs, crocodiles, bonitos) and shell-carrying animals (e.g. clams, turtles, crabs, snails) are counted with
uwa fruit; bear fruit or flowers
Puluwat wuwá-n fruit, flower, bur; bear fruit, flowers
wuuwa fruit, flower, bur; bear fruit, flowers
Chuukese wuwa fruit, berry; bear ruit or berries
Pohnpeian wah fruit, flower; offspring; result
wa to flower, bear fruit
Mortlockese ua general counting classifier; also for round things
Nukuoro hua come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.); a swell (of the sea); numeral classifier (by tens) for fruit
Kapingamarangi hua numeral classifier for breadfruit and fruit; fruit of; scrotum
hua-lua two (breadfruit)
Gilbertese ua fruit; product, result, gain, profit
Lou pua- fruit; flower; seed; testicles
Tigak ua-i fruit
vua-i betel nut
Label hua-na blossom, bud, fruit
hua-i bloom, bear fruit (as a coconut tree)
Gedaged fia-fu to bear fruit (abundantly, continuously, as a coconut tree)
fu betel, a climbing species of pepper (Piper betle); the leaves, fruit and roots are used in chewing betel nut. The green leaves are also rubbed and mixed with lime to heal wounds; to bloom and bear fruit, to fruit
Luangiua hua fruit
Kove vua betel nut
Lakalai vua to seed; bear fruit
Gitua dogi pua piper betel catkin
pua fruit
Mono-Alu fua-na nut, fruit
Numbami buwa areca palm/nut; betel nut quid
Hoava vua γato fruit
Roviana vua bear fruit
vu-vua fruit trees
vua-heni-na fruiting time, season, year
vua-na fruit
Mekeo (East) pua fruit
Eddystone/Mandegusu vua fruit, flower, blossom, bud; to bear fruit
Cheke Holo fuʔa fruit or nut, the seed-bearing part of a plant
Lau fua-na fruit, nut, seed for planting
Tuvaluan fua mauli testicle
fua egg; berry; fruit; bear fruit; prefixed to numerals one to nine indicates tenfold -- of all except humans, coconuts or bonito (e.g. 'twenty')
niu fua fruitful coconut tree
Pokau vua fruit
Nggela vua ni kola kidneys
vua fruit, round object
Bwaidoga/Bwaidoka foa testicles
fua egg
Ubir ua fruit
Sa'a ŋa hue ʔakuʔe an areca nut for me to eat
hue-na article, a, one, used of fruits only
Ulawa hua-na article, a, one, used of fruits only
Sa'a hue-ni article, a, one, used of fruits only
hue-si daŋo kidney
Motu hua-hua fruit
hua increase (as an ulcer, or wave about to break); be full (of udder); to fruit
Hula vua fruit
Keapara vua fruit
Pileni na-fua fruit
Arosi hua i ʔai kidneys
hua-na fruit; to bear fruit; a unit in counting such objects as fruit, stones, eggs, fish, round or lump-like objects; a descriptive prefix with similar objects
hua i kua an egg (fowl)
Suau ua-ua fruit
Rennellese hua-a boo cartridge, bullet (lit. 'traveling fruit')
hua fruit, nut, seed, bulbil, berry; egg, as of bird or fish; ear, as of corn; to have fruits, nuts, berries; to have or lay eggs; size, shape; to be of a size; counting classifier for coconuts and round objects; song; to sing a song; counting classifier for coconuts and round objects
haka-hua to press into shape, as turmeric
Rotuman hueʔ-aki bear fruit (lit. and fig.)
hue fruit (lit. and fig.); pill; bear fruit
Motlav nu-wu fruit
Samoan fua-i-ʔupu sentence; remark; verse
fua classifying particle used with numerals in reference to coconuts and breadfruit. It is suffixed to units from two to nine and prefixed to tens and hundreds; fruit, flower, bloom; egg; products, fruits
Mafea fua- fruit
Aore vua- fruit
Lonwolwol wa bear fruit
wɔ fruit of-
Axamb na-vue- fruit
Efate (South) n-ua fruit
Fijian vua fruit, produce; grandchild, descendant; to bear fruit
Niue fua-ŋa fruiting, harvest
fua fruit, seed, berry, nut, egg; swelling, tumor; snail shell; to bear fruit, to swell
Tongan fuaʔ i ʔufi fruit-like excrescences borne above the ground by some kinds of yam plants (not edible, but sometimes used as seed)
fuaʔ i ika roe
fuo (followed by a numeral) to bear so many fruit, or to lay so many eggs (hence numeral classifier for roundish objects); shape
fua fruit; fig. fruit (of work, etc.), result; egg; to bear (lit. or fig.); to have unlaid eggs inside it (e.g. of a killed hen)
fua tapu first fruits
Maori hua-ŋa advantage, benefit
hua-mata first fruits rite
whaka-hua make abundant
hua fruit; egg of a bird; roe of a fish; product, progeny; abundance, number; bear fruit or flowers; full (of the moon)
Tolai vua-i na kapiaka fruit of the breadfruit tree
Proto-Micronesian ua general counting classifier; also for round things
Tolai vua-i fruit or seed of any plant or tree

POC buaq areca nut and palm; heart ⇫

OC
Hawaiian pua flower, blossom, tassel and stem of sugar cane; to bloom, blossom; to issue, appear, come forth, emerge, said especially of smoke, wind, speech and colors, hence to smoke, blow, speak, shine; progeny, child, descendant, offspring
Woleaian bbuwa betel nut (originally brought from Yap)
Puluwat puw betel nut, as on Palau (none on Puluwat)
Chuukese pwpwu betel nut
Pohnpeian pwuh betel nut, Areca catechu
Titan ᵬua areca palm and nut
Manam bua betel nut
Tanga bu areca nut
Duke of York bua-bua wild betel nut
Label bua-i betel palm, betel nut
Lusi βua areca palm and nuts
Lakalai la-bua areca palm and nut: Areca catechu; heart; gall bladder
Gitua bua betel nut
Numbami buwa areca palm/nut; betel nut quid
Kwaio bua areca nut used in magic, and the associated magical complex
Nggela mbua the betel palm and nut (13 growth stages of the nut are lexically distinguished)
mbuag-a betel clump or grove, place of betel palms
'Āre'āre pua a betel nut tree; betel nut
Bwaidoga/Bwaidoka bua a formation like a ball in a sprouting coconut
Motu bua-tau the areca nut and palm: Areca catechu
Arosi bua betel nut
Rennellese pua betel nut: Areca catechu L.; bud, papaya flower; tip, as of a spear; to bud
Niue pua pua come into bud
pua bud (of a flower)
Maori pua-ŋa bloom, blossom
pua flower, seed; to bloom, produce flowers or seed
Tolai bua-i betel nut: Areca catechu; more commonly or
bua-i-na heart
Proto-Micronesian pwua betel palm and nut: Areca catechu

PMP ma-buaq bear fruit; fruitful, filled with fruit ⇫

WMP
Sangir ma-wua filled with fruit
Nias mo-wua bear fruit
Bare'e mo-wua bear fruit
CMP
Erai ma-hua-n bear fruit

PWMP maŋ-buaq bear fruit ⇫

WMP
Dairi-Pakpak Batak meŋi-bua have meaning; have an exceptionally great value
Karo Batak mem-buah boast, brag
Tontemboan muaʔ bear fruit
Nias maŋ-bua make happy
Kayan ŋe-bua to fruit, bear fruit
Bare'e mem-bua bear much fruit
Tae' mem-bua bear fruit; leave a scar behind
Mandar mem-bua bear fruit, have fruit
Malagasy ma-mòa bear fruit

PAN maR-buaq bear fruit ⇫

Form.
Puyuma mar-bua sprout or grow naturally
WMP
Dairi-Pakpak Batak mer-bua bear fruit, have results, have a meaning
Karo Batak er-buah have fruit, bear fruit
Malay ber-buah bear fruit

PWMP paŋ-buaq (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Karo Batak si pem-buah one who makes plentiful or abundant
Mandar pem-bua way of fruiting

PMP sa-buaq one (unit) ⇫

WMP
Malay se-buah one (in counting rounding objects)
Nias sam-bua one
Bare'e sam-bua one (piece, example)
Mandar sam-bua one
CMP
Rembong se-wuaʔ one

PMP buaq na batu round stone (?) ⇫

WMP
Rhade boh tâo rock, stone
Sangir bua-m batu kind of shellfish to which a "stone" adheres = pearl oyster
OC
Arosi hua i hau a round stone

PMP buaq ni bities calf of the leg ⇫

WMP
Rhade boh tih calf of the leg
Acehnese bòh beutéh calf of the leg
Dairi-Pakpak Batak buah mbitis calf of the leg
Karo Batak buah bites calf of the leg
Iban buah betis calf of the leg
Malay buah betis calf of the leg
Rejang buaʔ betis calf muscles
Malagasy voa-vítsy calf of the leg
CMP
Kamarian wae hua-i calf of the leg
Rotinese biti boa-k calf of the leg
OC
Niue fua-fua hui the calf

PMP buaq ni kahiw fruit of a tree ⇫

WMP
Acehnese bòh kayèë fruit
Sangir bua-ŋ kalu fruit of a tree
Malay buah kayu fruit of a tree
Bare'e wua-ŋ kaju fruit of a tree
Tae' bua kayu fruit of a tree
Malagasy voa hazo tall herb with edible seeds, sometimes called til-seed: Sesamum indicum L.
CMP
Leti au wo-i fruit of a tree
Sika ai wuaŋ fruit of a tree
Tetun ai fua-n fruit; floor beams
Kambera wua ai fruit of a tree

POC puaq ni kayu fruit of a tree ⇫

OC
Ulawa hua ni ʔei fruit
Fijian vua ni kau fruit; also used for a pill

PMP buaq ni lima finger (lit. 'fruit of the hand') ⇫

WMP
Kenyah buaʔ ujoʔ fingers
Kelabit buaʔ tidʰuʔ finger
Tontemboan wuaʔ-na in cama finger
CMP
Asilulu lima hua fingers
Tetun lima-n fua-n fingers
Kambera wua lima finger

PWMP buaq pajay (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Ifugaw buwá-n di pagé rice grains
Karo Batak mbuah page abundant, fruitful; abundance (of rice in the harvest)

PWMP buaq qatay term of endearment ⇫

WMP
Acehnese bòh até hypocoristic term, sweetheart
Simalur bua hati sweetheart
Karo Batak buah ate-ku term of endearment: dear, beloved
Malay buah hati heart, in contrast to aorta -- both literally and as a term of endearment

PMP buaq buaq (gloss uncertain) ⇫

WMP
Dairi-Pakpak Batak buah buah testicles
Karo Batak buah buah clitoris
Nias bua-bua good deeds
Kayan bua bua the fruits of, the results of
CMP
Wetan wo-woa be very fruitful

POC puaq puaq bearing fruit, fruitful ⇫

OC
Hawaiian hua hua fruitful, productive; bear many fruits, lay many eggs; testicles
Eddystone/Mandegusu vu-vua crops, plants in general
Lau fu-fua fruit
Nggela vua vua fruit, seed, flower
vua vuag-a in bearing
'Āre'āre hu-hua-na seeds, of fruits
Sa'a hue hua-na its fruit
hue hue fruit, seeds of Malay apple
Motu hua hua fruit
Arosi hu-hua bear abundantly
Fijian vua vua to bear fruit
Niue fua fua swelling, tumor, bulge; natural curves on the body, as the forearm, the calf, on the cheek-bone
Tongan fuo fua keep on bearing fruit