Where does “*tuba(ʔ)” come from?

*tuba(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah — Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish.

*tuba(ʔ) (Proto-Malayic): plant providing fish poison

Definitions

  1. plant providing fish poison

Ancestry of “*tuba(ʔ)”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tubahDerris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish
2Proto-Austronesian*tubahDerris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish

Words derived from “*tuba(ʔ)”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *tubah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah →
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