Where does “bumai” come from?

bumai (Iban) comes from Iban umai, from Proto-Malayic *huma(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

bumai (Iban): to farm

Definitions

  1. to farm

Ancestry of “bumai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ibanumaifarm; farmland
2Proto-Malayic*huma(ʔ)farmland
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
4Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →Every word from Proto-Malayic *huma(ʔ) →