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Where does “*quma” come from?
*quma (Proto-Austronesian) comes from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.
Ancestry of “*quma”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
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Proto-Austronesian
*qumah
swidden
Words derived from “*quma”
*huma(ʔ)
huma
umai
هوماوْ
bumai
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