Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tubuʀ

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

Noun

*tubuʀ

1. natural spring
2. fresh water spring

Descendants

• Proto-Phillipine
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: tubóg (“a pool of water”)
• Celebic
  • Wotu-Wolio
    • Wolio-Kamaru
      • Wolio: tumbu (“well up, spout out”)
• Proto-Oceanic: *tupuʀ
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Central Oceanic
      • East Fijian-Polynesian
        • Fijian: tuvu
        • Proto-Polynesian
          • Western Polynesian
            • Futunic
              • Rennellese: tufu
            • Samoic
              • Samoan: tufu
          • Tongic
            • Tongan: tufu
    • Southern Oceanic
      • Vanuatu
        • Mota: tov (“the brackish water of such spring water”)

See Also

• *tebuʀ
• *Cebuj

Further reading

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tubuR
• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tebuR