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

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(ʔ)abu(s)/, /(q)abu(s)/

Noun

*(q)abu(s)

ash (solid remains of a fire)

Derived terms

*ma-qabu
*maŋ-qabu
*paR-qabu-an
*qabu-en
*q(in)abu

Descendants

Central Malayo-Polynesian: *(q)abu(s)
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *qabu
- Halmahera-Cenderawasih: *qabu
- Proto-Oceanic: *qapu
  - Central-Eastern Oceanic
    - Polynesian
      - Nuclear Polynesian
        Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
        Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
        Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
        Eastern Polynesian
        Rapa Nui: ikuvera
North Bornean
- North Sarawakan: *abu
  - Berawan-Lower Baram
    - Lower Baram
      - Kiput-Belait
        Kiput: abew
  - Kayan-Murik
    - Kenyah
      - Bakung: abu
Proto-Philippine: *qabu
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: abo
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: abu
- Minahasan: *abu
- Northern Philippine
  - Central Luzon
    - Kapampangan: abu
  - Northern Luzon
    - Northern Cordilleran
      - Dumagat
        Casiguran Dumagat Agta: abu
- Sangiric: *abu
Chamorro: apu
Old Javanese
- Javanese: awu
Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan: *(h)abu(s)
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *(h)abu(s)
  - Proto-Malayic: *(h)abu(s)
    - Malayan
      - Malay: abu / ابو‎
        Indonesian: abu
- South Sulawesi: *a(b)u

External links

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