Where does “gabi” come from?

gabi (Tagakaulu Kalagan) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi — evening.

gabi (Tagakaulu Kalagan): night

Definitions

  1. night

Ancestry of “gabi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀabiqievening
2Proto-Austronesian*ʀabiqievening
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabiqi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabiqi →
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