Where does “tĕbu” come from?

tĕbu (Old Javanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh, from Proto-Austronesian təbuS — sugarcane.

tĕbu (Old Javanese): sugar cane

Definitions

  1. sugar cane

Ancestry of “tĕbu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantəbuhsugar cane
2Proto-AustronesiantəbuSsugarcane

Words derived from “tĕbu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian təbuS →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian təbuh →
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