Reconstruction:Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/(q)abu(s)

This Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

*(q)abu(s)

ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

Central Malayo-Polynesian: *(q)abu(s)
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qabu
- Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *qabu
- Oceanic: *qapu
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic
    - Polynesian
      - Nuclear Polynesian
        Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Rapa Nui: ikuvera

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qabu
Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *abus