Where does “ubi” come from?

ubi (Aklanon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi — The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

ubi (Aklanon): yam

Definitions

  1. yam

Ancestry of “ubi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-PolynesianqubiThe purple yam, Dioscorea alata
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