Reconstruction:Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih/abu

This Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih 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-Halmahera-Cenderawasih

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabu, from Proto-Austronesian *qabu.

Noun

*abu

  1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

  • Tandia: auvi
  • Mor (Austronesian): áha
  • Waropen: awu
  • Cenderawasih Bay:
    • Yapen:
      • Central-Western:
        • Wandamen: wabu
        • Woi: uabu
        • Ansus: wawu
        • Central:
      • Eastern:
        • Wabo: abu, abupe
    • Southwestern:
      • Yeretuar: au, audu
      • Yaur-Yerisiam:
        • >? Yaur: gwép née'rè
  • Raja Ampat–South Halmahera:
    • Waigeo: lagalap
    • Biga: kaˈlap
    • Maden: alap
    • As: yapapin
    • Maˈya-Matbat:
      • Ma'ya:
        Ma'ya: gaˈla¹²p
        Legenyem: gaˈlap
        Wauyai: gaˈlap
    • South Halmahera:
      • Gebe: bayap, beab
      • Central-Eastern:
        • Buli (Indonesia): gigiyap
        • Sawai: bɛab, gɛyap
      • Southern:
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