Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ʀumaq

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

*ʀumaq

house

Descendants

Barito
- Ngaju: huma
Proto-Malayic: *rumah
- Brunei Malay: rumah
- Malay: rumah
  - Indonesian: rumah
- Urak Lawoi': รูมะฮ (rumah)
Old Javanese: umah
- Javanese: omah
Chamorro: guma'
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Laboya: umma
- Tetum: uma
- Proto-Oceanic: *ʀumaq
  - Hiri Motu: ruma

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Rumaq.