Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/abu

This Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih 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.

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

*abu

ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

Tandia: auvi
Mor (Austronesian): áha
Waropen: awu
Cenderawasih Bay:
- Yapen:
  - Central-Western:
    - Wandamen: wabu
    - Woi: uabu
    - Ansus: wawu
    - Central:
      - Pom: wavu
      - Munggui: wabi, wawu
      - Papuma: uavu
      - Serui-Laut: wabu, wawu
  - Eastern:
    - Wabo: abu, abupe
- Southwestern:
  - Yeretuar: au, audu
  - Yaur-Yerisiam:
    - >? Yaur: gwép née'rè
Raja Ampat–South Halmahera:
- Waigeo: lagalap
- Biga: kaˈlap
- Maden: alap
- As: yapapin
- Maˈya-Matbat:
  - Ma'ya:
    Ma'ya: gaˈla¹²p
    
    Legenyem: gaˈlap
    
    Wauyai: gaˈlap
- South Halmahera:
  - Gebe: bayap, beab
  - Central-Eastern:
    - Buli (Indonesia): gigiyap
    - Sawai: bɛab, gɛyap
  - Southern:
    - East Makian: yapyap

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