Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qubaN

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Noun

*qubaN

grey hair

Descendants

Puyuma: ubalr
Paiwan: quvalj
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *quban
- 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