Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/quma

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

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).

Noun

*quma

1. farm

Descendants

• Western Indonesian
  • Greater North Borneo
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • West Bornean Malayic
        • Ibanic
          • ⇒ Iban: umai
      • Malayic
        • Malay: huma
          • Indonesian: huma
    • Proto-Chamic:
      • Highlands Chamic
        • Rade: hma
    • Old Sundanese:
      • Sundanese: ᮠᮥᮙ (huma)
  • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
    • Balinese: ᬳᬸᬫ (huma)
• Proto-Philippine:
  • Northern Luzon
    • Meso-Cordilleran
      • Southern Cordilleran
        • Karao: oma
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Coastal Bikol
        • Bikol Central: uma
      • Bisayan/Visayan
        • Cebuano: uma
        • Central Bisayan
          • Peripheral
            • Masbatenyo: uma
          • Warayan
            • Waray-Waray: uma
        • West Bisayan
          • Aklanon: uma
        • South Bisayan
          • Tausug: uma
    • Danaw
      • Maranao: oma
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic:
      • Western Oceanic
        • Central Papuan Oceanic
          • West Central Papuan
            • Hiri Motu: uma

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qumah.