Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/təbuh

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Noun edit

*təbuh

sugarcane

Descendants edit

Philippine
- Tagalog: tubó
- Bikol Central: tubó
- Cebuano: tubó
Malayic
- Malay: tebu
  - Indonesian: tebu
South Sulawesi
- Makasar: ta'bu
Celebic
- Wolio: towu
Palauan: deb
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Oceanic
    - Fijian: dovu

External links edit

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.

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