Reconstruction:Proto-Philippine/tubuq

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 *tubuq, from Proto-Austronesian *Cubuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tubuʔ/, /tubuq/

Verb

*tubuq

1. (intransitive) to grow (to become bigger)

Descendants

• Batanic:
  • Itbayaten: tovo
• Central Luzon:
  • Kapampangan: tubu
• Greater Central Philippine:
  • Central Philippine:
    • Mansaka: tobo
    • Tagalog: tubo
    • Visayan:
      • Aklanon: tubo
      • Cebuano: tubu
      • Hiligaynon: tubu
  • Gorontalo–Mongondow:
    • Mongondow: tubu
  • Manobo:
    • Western Bukidnon Manobo: tuvu
  • South Mangyan:
    • Hanunoo: tubu
• Northern Luzon:
  • Cagayan Valley:
    • Isnag: tubo
    • Itawit: tuhu
  • Ilocano: tubo
  • South–Central Cordilleran:
    • Batad Ifugao: tubu
    • Central Bontoc: tubu
    • Kankanaey: tubo
    • Pangasinan: tobo
• Sangiric:
  • Sangir: tuwo

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *Cubuq