Where does “umai” come from?

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

umai (Iban): farm; farmland

Definitions

  1. farm; farmland

Ancestry of “umai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*huma(ʔ)farmland
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
3Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden

Words derived from “umai”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →Every word from Proto-Malayic *huma(ʔ) →