Where does “tuba” come from?
tuba (Indonesian) comes from Malay tuba, from English Tuba, from Tagalog tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah — Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish.
tuba (Indonesian): poison
Definitions
- poison
Ancestry of “tuba”, step by step
tuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay tuba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tuba | poison that is made out of root |
| 2 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 3 | Tagalog | tuba | tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |