Where does “hubi” come from?

hubi (Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi — The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

Ancestry of “hubi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-PolynesianqubiThe purple yam, Dioscorea alata
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi