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

1. sugarcane

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Tagalog: tubó
  • Bikol Central: tubó
  • Cebuano: tubó
• Malayic
  • Malay: tebu
    • Indonesian: tebu
• South Sulawesi
  • Makasar: ta'bu
• Celebic
  • Wolio: towu
• Palauan: deb
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Oceanic
      • Fijian: dovu

External links

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary.