Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/hubi

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hubi/

Noun

*hubi

yam
tuberous plant

Descendants

Banjarese: hubi
West Bornean Malayic
- Ibanic
  - Iban: ubi
  - Keninjal: ubi
  - Mualang: ubi
  - Seberuang: ubi
- Western Malayic Dayak
  - Kendayan: ubi
Nuclear Malayic
- Malay: ubi
  - Indonesian: ubi
- Brunei Malay: ubi
- Kedah Malay: ubi
- Central Malay: ubi
- Minangkabau: ubi
- Negeri Sembilan Malay: ubi
- Pattani Malay: อูบี (ubi)
Urak Lawoi': ฮูบี (hubi)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa