Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/qabu

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun edit

*qabu

ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants edit

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 edit

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qabu