Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/təbuS

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təbus/

Noun

*təbuS

sugarcane

Descendants

Formosan (geographic)
- Paiwan: tjevus
- Kavalan: tbus
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *təbuh
- Philippine
  - Central Luzon
    - Kapampangan: atbu
    - Sambalic
      - Sambali: tobo
  - Greater Central Philippine
    - Central Philippine
      - Tagalog: tubó
      - Bikol
        Bikol Central: tubó
      - Bisayan
        Central Bisayan
        Hiligaynon: tubo
        Masbatenyo: tubo
        Cebuano: tubó
        Southern Bisayan
        Tausug: tubu
      - Danao
        Maranao: tebo
- Malayic
  - Malay: tebu
    - Indonesian: tebu
- Old Javanese: tĕbu
  - > Javanese: ꦠꦼꦧꦸ (tebu) (inherited)
- South Sulawesi
  - Makasar: ta'bu
- Celebic
  - Wolio: towu
- Palauan: deb
- Chamorro: tupu
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    - Oceanic
      - Fijian: dovu
- - Proto-Polynesian: *to
    - Hawaiian: kō
    - Tongan: tō
    - Maori: tō

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tebus”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.