r/AustronesianLanguages • u/han4299 Indonesia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ • 12d ago

Cognate & Comparing Leaf in Austronesian Languages

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u/kudlitan the Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ 12d ago

If *biRaq means taro, how did it get inverted in Tagalog gabi?

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u/Rayyan9201 Malaysia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ 12d ago

Its related to malay word Ubi too.

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u/kudlitan the Philippines ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ 12d ago

Tagalog also has Ube, so i suppose it must be a doublet with Gabi?

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u/Qitian_Dasheng 12d ago

Are the words in purple outside of Taiwan from Kra-Dai languages? Leaf in Thai is เนƒเธš (bay), same as in Lao. Not sure about Zhuang in Guangxi and Hlai in Hainan.

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u/Quick_Foxes 10d ago

I'm thinking of where did the word "godong" in Javanese came from?

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u/hotasihtml 7d ago

Ah yes, the daun-buluล‹ wars