Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/huban

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 *quban, from Proto-Austronesian *qubaN.

Noun

*huban

grey hair

Descendants

Banjarese: huban
Ibanic
- Iban: uban
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: uban
  - Indonesian: uban
- Brunei Malay: uban
- Kedah Malay: uban
- Central Malay: oban
- Minangkabau: uban
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: uban
- Pattani Malay: อูแบ (ubɛ)
Urak Lawoi': อูบัด (ubat)

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