Where does “tiwba” come from?
tiwba (Welsh) comes from English Tuba, from Tagalog tuba, 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.
tiwba (Welsh): tuba
Definitions
- tuba
Ancestry of “tiwba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 2 | Tagalog | tuba | tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |