Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/huma(ʔ)

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 *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).

Noun

*huma(ʔ)

1. farmland

Descendants

• Banjarese: huma
• Ibanic
  • Iban: umai
  • Remun: umai
• Nuclear Malayic
  • Malay: huma
    • Indonesian: huma
  • Central Malay: umo
  • Minangkabau: humo, umo
  • Pattani Malay: ฮูมอ (humɔ)

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