Where does “tumo” come from?

tumo (Central Dusun) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

tumo (Central Dusun): hill rice field

Definitions

  1. hill rice field

Ancestry of “tumo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
2Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →