Where does “babu” come from?

babu (Kawi) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer (ʔ)boʔ — mother.

Ancestry of “babu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmer(ʔ)boʔmother

Words derived from “babu”

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