Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Chamic/aba

This Proto-Malayo-Chamic 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-Malayo-Chamic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Alternative forms

• *aba-h

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba/

Noun

*aba

1. father (male parent)

Descendants

• Proto-Malayic: *aba
  • Malayan
    • Malay: aba / اب

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aba