Where does “อูบัยจยฺาวา” come from?

อูบัยจยฺาวา (Urak Lawoi') comes from Urak Lawoi' อูบัยจ, from Proto-Malayic ubat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ubat — powder.

อูบัยจยฺาวา (Urak Lawoi'): tobacco

Definitions

  1. tobacco

Ancestry of “อูบัยจยฺาวา”, step by step

อูบัยจยฺาวา traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Urak Lawoi' อูบัยจ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urak Lawoi'อูบัยจmedicine, remedy, drug
2Proto-Malayicubatmedicine, drug
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianubatpowder

via Urak Lawoi' ยฺาวา

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urak Lawoi'ยฺาวาJava
2Javaneseꦗꦮ—
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