Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qabu

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

*qabu

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Descendants

• Proto-Tsouic: *ʔávúɦu
  • Tsou: fuu
  • Southern Tsouic:
    • Kanakanabu: abu, ʼaavu
    • Saaroa: ʼavuʼu
• Western Plains:
  • Thao: qafu
  • Central Western Plains:
    • Babuza: abo
    • Papora: yabu
• Northern Formosan:
  • Plains:
    • Saisiyat: ʔæboʔ
    • Pazeh: ʔab̂uʔ
  • Proto-Atayalic: *qabu-lid
    • Atayal: qbuliʼ
    • Taroko: qbulic
• East Formosan:
  • Kavalanic:
    • Basay: abu
    • Kavalan: yibúʔ, ʔi:búʔ
  • Ami:
    • Amis: ʡavuʔ, ʕafo, lafuh
    • Sakizaya: ʡabuʔ
• Bunun: habuʔ, qabuʔ
• Proto-Rukai: *abo
  • Rukai: abu
• Proto-Puyuma: *ʔabu
  • Puyuma: abu, aabu, q̂avuʔ, ʔabu, ɦaβu
• Paiwan: qavu, ʔavu
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qabu (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Further reading

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