Where does “huma” come from?

huma (Sundanese) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah — swidden.

huma (Sundanese): unirrigated rice field

Definitions

  1. unirrigated rice field

Ancestry of “huma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*qumafarm
2Proto-Austronesian*qumahswidden
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *qumah →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma →