Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/quban

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 *qubaN.

Noun

*quban

1. gray hair

Descendants

• Central Philippine
  • Visayan
    • Tausug: uban
• Proto-Malayic: *huban (see there for further descendants)
• Old Javanese: huwan
  • Javanese: ꦲꦸꦮꦤ꧀ (uwan)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI