Where does “oitom” come from?

oitom (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm — black.

oitom (Coastal Kadazan): black absorbing all light

Definitions

  1. black absorbing all light

Ancestry of “oitom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qitəmblack
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