Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/aba

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

*aba[1]

  1. father (male parent)
Descendants
  • Malayo-Chamic
    • Proto-Malayic: *aba, *abah
      • Ibanic
        • Iban: aba
      • Malay: aba
        • Indonesian: aba
  • Sundanese: abah

Etymology 2

Interjection

*abá[2] (Western Malayo-Polynesian)

  1. ah!, oh!
  2. alas!

Descendants

  • Proto-Philippine: *abá
    • Greater Central-Philippine

References

  1. ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition – *aba₁‎
  2. ^ Rober Blust and Stephen Trussel (2020 June 21) The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary web edition – *abá‎
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