Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Chamic/aba

This Proto-Malayo-Chamic 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-Chamic

Alternative forms

• *abah

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

*aba

1. father (male parent)

Descendants

• Proto-Malayic: *aba, *abah
  • Ibanic
    • Iban: aba
  • Malay: aba
    • Indonesian: aba

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aba