Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qumah

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔumah/, /qumah/

Noun edit

*qumah

swidden

Descendants edit

Northern Formosan
- Atayalic
  - Atayal: qumah
- Northwest Formosan
  - Saisiyat: 'oemaeh
  - Kulon-Pazeh: umamah, umaumah
East Formosan
- Ami
  - Amis: omah
  - Sakizaya: umah
Tsouic
- Tsou: momo
- Southern Tsouic
  - Kanakanabu: 'umoo'uma
  - Saaroa: uma-uma
Rukaic: *oma
- Budai Rukai: umauma
Southern Formosan
- Bunun: huma
- Puyuma: uma
- Paiwan: huma
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *quma (see there for further descendants)

References edit

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