Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qubuj

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

*qubuj

1. heart of palm, palm cabbage

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Batanic
    • Ivatan: uved
    • Ibatan: obed
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: úbog
    • Cagayan Valley
      • Isnag: úbud
    • Northeastern Luzon
      • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: ubúd
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: úbod
      • Bikol Central: ubód
      • Bisayan
        • Cebuano: úbod
        • Aklanon: úbod
        • Tausug: ubud
    • South Mangyan
      • Hanunoo: ʔúbud
    • Danao
      • Maguindanao: ubud
      • Maranao: obod
    • Manobo
      • Western Bukidnon Manobo: uvud
  • Kalamian
    • Calamian Tagbanwa: kubud
  • Minahasan
    • Tontemboan: uwur
• Barito
  • East Barito
    • Malagasy: óvotra
• North Bornean
  • North Sarawakan
    • Dayic
      • Kelabit: ubud
    • Kenyah
      • Bakung: ubut
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Nias: howu (“heart, leaves”)
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Banjarese: humbut
    • Iban: umbut
    • Malay: umbut
      • Indonesian: umbut
  • Sundanese: humbut
• Old Javanese: humbut (“young shoot or leaf”)
  • Javanese: umbut (“young rattan shoots; palm pith”)
• Celebic
  • Kaili–Pamona
    • Pamona: uwu
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Kei–Tanimbar
      • Fordata: uvur
  • Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Halmahera–Cenderawasih
      • Buli (Indonesia): uf (“young shoots, young leaves of a palm”)
    • Oceanic
      • Fijian: uvu (“newly sprouting leaf of coconut or plantain, not yet opened”)

References

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