Where does “huma” come from?

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

huma (Malay): dry or hill rice field

Definitions

  1. dry or hill rice field

Ancestry of “huma”, step by step

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