Where does “irom” come from?

irom (West Coast Bajau) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm — black.

irom (West Coast Bajau): black

Definitions

  1. black

Ancestry of “irom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)qitəmblack
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)qitəm
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