Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/abu

This Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih 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-Halmahera-Cenderawasih

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

*abu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

• Cenderawasih
  • Bedoanas–Erokwanas
    • Arguni: avuʔne
  • Mor (Austronesian): ʔaho
  • Yapen-Waropen
    • Waropen: awu
    • Yapen
      • Central-Western
        • Windesi Wandamen: wʔabu
• Halmahera Sea
  • South Halmahera
    • Kuri-Irarutu
      • Irarutu: ɔbə? (smoke)
    • East Makian-Gane
      • East Makian: yapyap? (through reduplication?)
    • Buli Languages
      • Buli (Indonesia): áp

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qabu