ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*bukeS head hair

PAN bukeS head hair ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	bukes	hair of the head
Saisiyat	bokesh	hair of the head
Papora	vus	hair of the head
Sakizaya	bukəs	head hair
Thao	fukish	hair of the head
Amis	fokes	head hair
Amis (Central)	fokes	head hair
Taokas	vukush	beard
WMP
Merap	ɓawə̯ʔ	head hair

PMP buhek head hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	vohok	hair of the head; feather
Tsat	buʔ²⁴	head hair
Bontok	buʔúk	the hair of a person's head; have hair growing on one's head
Ifugaw	b-in-u-búuk	woman's braided tress
	búuk	hair
Kankanaey	boók	hair, wool. Of the head of persons and of animals
Yogad	buk	head hair
Casiguran Dumagat	mébe-bu-buk	hairy; for a pig to regrow hair in the fall (after having shed it the previous spring)
	buuk	hair
Pangasinan	buék	hair
Ilokano	boók	hair (of the head), mane (of a horse)
Kapampangan	bwák	hair
Tagalog	buhók	hair
	buhuk-án	hairy
Jarai	ɓuk	hair of the head
Rhade	ɓuk	hair of the head
Buhid	búok	hair
Bantuqanon	buhok	head hair
Cham	buk	head hair
Aklanon	buhók	hair (on head)
Hiligaynon	buhúk	head hair
	buhúk	hair on the head
Cebuano	buhuk-búhuk	something like hair
	buhuk-búhuk sa máʔis	corn tassel
	buhúk	hair on the head
Binukid	buhuk	hair on the head (of a person)
Klata	obbuk	head hair
Maguindanao	buk	hair
Kujau	təbuk	head hair
Murut (Paluan)	abuk	head hair
Penan (Long Lamai)	bok	head hair
Penan	bok	head hair
Dali'	fok	head hair
Lun Dayeh (Long Semado)	əbhuk	head hair
Tabun	bok	head hair
Lun Dayeh	əbhuk	head hair
Berawan (Long Terawan)	puk	head hair
Berawan (Long Teru)	ipuk	head hair
Bintulu	ɓuk	head hair
Kenyah (Long San)	ɓuk	head hair
Kenyah (Long Anap)	puk	head hair
Kayan (Long Atip)	buk	head hair
Kenyah	ɓuk	head hair
	puk	head hair
Kelabit	ebʰuk	head hair
Melanau (Mukah)	buk	head hair
Simalur	buʔ	hair, feather
	mal-fuʔ	have hair or feathers
	fuʔ	hair, feather
Toba Batak	obuk	hair of the head
Iban	bok	hair of the head
Tonsea	wuʔuk	hair
Tontemboan	wuʔuk	hair, feather, down, wool on the body of people or animals
Nias	bu	hair, bristle, feather
	mo-bu	have hair or feathers
Mongondow	buok	head hair; fringe
Gorontalo	huoʔo	head hair
Kayan	buk	head hair
	buk	hair of the head
Banggai	buuk	head hair
Mori Atas	vuu	head hair
Padoe	buu	hair
Rejang	buʔ	hair (of head)
Wawonii	vuu	head hair
Moronene	vuu	hair
Lampung	buoʔ	hair
Sundanese	buuk	hair of the head
Bikol	buhók maʔís	corn silk
	buhók	hair, referring only to that on the head

PCEMP buek head hair ⇫ ¶

CMP
Wahai	hue	hair
Dobel	fuʔu	head hair
Rembong	wuk	hair of the head; tasseled, of a young ear of corn
Manggarai	wuk	hair of the head
Riung	wuk	head hair
Sika	wu	hair of the head
Ngadha	fu xáe	tassel which hangs out of the corn head
	fu	hair of the head; having hair, hairy
Keo	fu	head hair
Tetun	fuuk	hair of the head
	batar fuuk	beard of maize cob

PWMP buhek-en hairy, have lots of hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Toba Batak	obuh-on	covered with hair
Balinese	bok-in	grow hair, become hairy
Bikol	buhuk-ón	have a lot of hair on the head

PWMP buhek buhek-an false hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Kapampangan	bwak-bwak-an	hair on arms or forehead
Tagalog	buhúk-buhuk-an	false hair
Balinese	bok-bok-an	false hair

PWMP ma-buhek hairy, have lots of hair ⇫ ¶

WMP
Kapampangan	ma-buak	have hair on (as after a haircut)
Tagalog	ma-buhók	hairy
Bikol	ma-buhók	have a lot of hair on the head

Reconstructions

PAN	bukeS	head hair
PMP	buhek	head hair
PCEMP	buek	head hair
PWMP	buhek-en	hairy, have lots of hair
PWMP	buhek buhek-an	false hair
PWMP	ma-buhek	hairy, have lots of hair

Note

Also Pazeh bekes ‘hair of the head’, Casiguran Dumagat buk ‘hair’, Palawan Batak buwaʔ ‘head hair’, Simalur boʔ ‘hair, feather’, Balinese bohuk, bok, ebok ‘hair’, Selaru huka-re ‘head hair’, Yamdena buke ‘head hair’, Asilulu huʔa ‘head hair’, Paulohi hua ‘head hair’, Alune bua ‘hair’, Lau fū ‘hair above the penis’, 'Āre'āre hū-na ‘pubic hair’.

This item is one of several conforming to the canonical shape *CVCVS in which Formosan and MP witnesses differ in the order of the last two consonants. A number of the languages of the southeast and central Moluccas, including Selaru, Yamdena, Asilulu, and Paulohi nonetheless reflect earlier *buka, a form which appears to reflect PAn *bukeS without the expected metathesis of the last two consonants (hence PMP *bukah). Since this is not true of other CMP languages such as Manggarai, Rembong, Ngadha or Tetun, I tentatively treat *buka as an innovation in the central and southeast Moluccas which resembles *bukeS by chance. PMP *buhek contrasted with *bulu ‘body hair; downy feathers; plant floss’. The English gloss ‘head hair’ is potentially ambiguous, however, since it could be taken to include facial hair. However, the eyebrows and eyelashes evidently were classified as types of *bulu, not *buhek, and in at least one language (Bare'e) the fine downy hairs on the forehead which border the hairline are classified as types of *bulu in contrast to the head hair proper.