Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kubu

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

Noun

*kubu

field hut in the rice fields

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: kubó
- Central Luzon
  - Abenlen Ayta: kobo
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: kúbo
North Bornean
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Paitanic
    - Tombonuo: kubu
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: kubu
  - Toba Batak: hubu
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Malay: kubu
    - Indonesian: kubu
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: kubu
  - Sasak: kubu
Old Javanese: kuwu
- Javanese: ꦏꦸꦮꦸ (kuwu, “village head; village messenger; to camp”)
  - → Indonesian: kuwu (“village head”)
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Flores–Lembata
  - Sika: kuwu

References

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