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The story

1. Malay · semantic loan fromburung“bird; penis”
2. Hokkien · semantic loan from鳥 /鸟
3. English todaybird bird

Reduplication of bird, a semantic loan from Hokkien 鳥 /鸟 (as in 𡳞鳥 /𡳞鸟 and 咕咕鳥 /咕咕鸟) and Malay burung (“bird; penis”). Compare bird, which is also used to refer to the male genitalia in certain North American slang.