Where does “oma” come from?

oma (Karao) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

oma (Karao): mountainside garden

Definitions

  1. mountainside garden

Ancestry of “oma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
2Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →