Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ʀibu

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

Numeral

*ʀibu

1. thousand

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine: *ʀibu (see there for further descendants)
• Old Javanese: iwu, ewu
  • Javanese: ꦲꦺꦮꦸ (èwu, “thousand”)
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Malayo-Chamic
      • Malay: ribu
        • Indonesian: ribu