Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/huma(ʔ)

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah.

Noun

*huma(ʔ)

1. farmland

Descendants

• Ibanic
  • Iban: umai
• Malayan
  • Malay: huma
    • Indonesian: huma
  • Minangkabau: humo, umo

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University