Where does “libu” come from?

libu (Western Bukidnon Manobo) comes from Malay ribu, from Proto-Malayic *ribu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu — thousand.

libu (Western Bukidnon Manobo): one thousand

Definitions

  1. one thousand

Ancestry of “libu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayributhousand; million
2Proto-Malayic*ribu—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀibuthousand
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀibu →