Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan/aba-h

This Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan 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-Sumbawan

Alternative forms

• *aba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abah/

Noun

*aba-h

1. Alternative form of *aba

Descendants

• Proto-Malayo-Chamic: *aba-h, *aba
  • Proto-Malayic: *aba-h
    • Malayan
      • Malay: abah / bah / ابه / به
• Sundanese: ᮃᮘᮂ (abah)
  • → Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aba