Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/təbuh

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *təbuS.

Noun

*təbuh

sugar cane

Descendants

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

External links

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.