Where does “aua” come from?

aua (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic haur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ, from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ — bamboo.

aua (Minangkabau): a type of bamboo

Definitions

  1. a type of bamboo

Ancestry of “aua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayichaurbamboo plant
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqauʀbamboo
3Proto-Austronesianqauʀbamboo
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qauʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayic haur →