Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/aba

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *aba.

Noun

*aba

1. father (male parent)

Descendants

• Malayo-Chamic
  • Proto-Malayic: *aba, *abah
    • Ibanic
      • Iban: aba
    • Malay: aba
      • Indonesian: aba
• Sundanese: ᮃᮘᮂ (abah)
  • → Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)

Etymology 2

Interjection

*abá (Western Malayo-Polynesian)

1. ah!, oh!
2. alas!

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine: *abá
  • Greater Central-Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Hiligaynon: abá
      • Tagalog: abá
    • South Mangyan
      • Hanunoo: abá, aba-abá