Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qumah

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): /ʔumah/, /qumah/

Noun

*qumah

1. swidden

Descendants

• Northern Formosan
  • Atayalic
    • Atayal: qumah
  • Northwest Formosan
    • Saisiyat: 'oemaeh
    • Kulon-Pazeh: umamah, umaumah
• East Formosan
  • Ami
    • Amis: omah
    • Sakizaya: umah
• Tsouic
  • Tsou: momo
  • Southern Tsouic
    • Kanakanabu: 'umoo'uma
    • Saaroa: uma-uma
• Rukaic: *oma
  • Budai Rukai: umauma
• Southern Formosan
  • Bunun: huma
  • Puyuma: uma
  • Paiwan: huma
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *quma (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qumah.