Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/habu

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *qabu

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu

Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *habu

Proto-Malayo-Chamic *habu

Proto-Malayic *habu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *habu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

*habu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: abu
• Malay: abu
  • Indonesian: abu

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University, page 47
• Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qabu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qabu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary