Where does “ubi” come from?

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

ubi (Cebuano): the purple yam; the edible, starchy, tuberous...

Definitions

  1. the purple yam; the edible, starchy, tuberous...

Ancestry of “ubi”, step by step

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