Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/aba

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aba, 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

• Malayan
  • Malay: aba / اب
• Ibanic
  • Iban: aba

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aba