Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/qubi

This Proto-Philippine 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-Philippine

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qubi (“yam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qubi/

Noun

*qubi

1. yam; Dioscorea alata

Descendants

• Batanic:
  • Ibatan: ovi
  • Yami: uvi
• Central Luzon:
  • Sambalic:
    • Abenlen Ayta: obi
    • Bolinao: úbi
• Greater Central Philippine:
  • Central Philippine:
    • Bikol:
      • Bikol Central: úbi
    • Tagalog: úbe, úbi
    • Mansakan:
      • Tagakaulu Kalagan: ubi
    • Visayan:
      • Asi:
        • Asi: úbi
      • Cebu:
        • Cebuano: úbi
      • Central:
        • Masbatenyo: úbi
        • Romblomanon: 'ūbi
      • South:
        • Tausug: ubi
      • West:
        • Aklanon: úbi
  • Danao:
    • Maranao: obi
  • Gorontalo–Mongondow:
    • Lolak: ubi
    • Mongondow: ubi
  • Manobo:
    • Obo Manobo: 'uvi'
    • Western Bukidnon Manobo: uvi
  • Palawanic:
    • Brooke's Point Palawano: ubi
    • Central Tagbanwa: kuvi
  • South Mangyan:
    • Hanunoo: úbi
• Kalamian:
  • Agutaynen: obi
  • Calamian Tagbanwa: kubi, kuw̓i
• Minahasan:
  • Tontemboan: uwi
• Northern Luzon:
  • Ilocano: úbi
  • Cagayan Valley:
    • Isnag: úbi
    • Itawit: úbi
    • Yogad: úbi
  • Meso-Cordilleran:
    • Central Cordilleran:
      • Central Bontoc: úbi
      • Kankanaey: úbi
      • Tuwali Ifugao: ubi
    • Southern Cordilleran:
      • Keley-I Kallahan: ubi
      • Pangasinan: ubí
  • Northeastern Luzon:
    • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: ubí
    • Dupaningan Agta: ubi
• South Mindanao (Bilic):
  • Tboli: ubi
  • Tiruray: 'ubi

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qubi
• Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications