Where does “tuva” come from?

tuva (Coastal Kadazan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

tuva (Coastal Kadazan): fruit

Definitions

  1. fruit

Ancestry of “tuva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
2Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq →
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