tubu-

tubu-

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tubu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta-umpu, from *ampu, *əmpu, *umpu, from Proto-Austronesian *apu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuᵐbu/

Noun

tubu-

1. grandchild
2. grandparent

Further reading

• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.