Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qubi
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qubi (Blust, 2008)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
*qubi
- The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.
Descendants[edit]
- Celebic:
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qubi
- Central Malayo-Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qubi
- Greater Barito:
- Kayanic:
- Rejang Kayan: uve'
- Lampungic
- Lampung Api: hubi
- Land Dayak:
- Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *hubi
- Moklenic:
- Moken: koboi
- North Borneo:
- Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands:
- Old Javanese: huwi
- Proto-Philippine: *qubi
- Proto-South Sulawesi:
- Tae': ui
Further reading[edit]
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qubi
- Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications