Where does “tuba” come from?
tuba (Malay) comes from English Tuba, from Tagalog tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.
tuba (Malay): poison that is made out of root
Definitions
- poison that is made out of root
Ancestry of “tuba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 2 | Tagalog | tuba | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | — |