Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/quban

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qubaN.

Noun

*quban

  1. gray hair

Descendants

  • Central Philippine
    • Visayan
      • Tausug: uban
  • Proto-Malayic: *huban (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Javanese: huwan

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qubaN”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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